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Table 2 Costs of high-intensity treatments between male and female (N = 6,098)

From: Medical care costs at the end of life among older adults with cancer: a national health insurance data-based cohort study

Variables

 

Male (M ± SD)

 

Female (M ± SD)

 

Compare (p)

 

Transfusion

CPR

MV

HD

 

Transfusion

CPR

MV

HD

 

Transfusion

CPR

MV

HD

Age (years)

               

65–69

 

1008.79 ± 1791.80

123.39 ± 62.50

72.86 ± 66.44

826.30 ± 800.51

 

1147.74 ± 1978.26

113.59 ± 69.47

72.74 ± 49.07

775.98 ± 736.40

 

0.005

< 0.001

0.237

0.009

70–74

 

873.67 ± 1488.34

125.34 ± 56.69

69.67 ± 48.60

784.87 ± 696.03

 

1033.14 ± 1692.26

112.52 ± 41.88

76.05 ± 62.84

823.46 ± 790.90

 

0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.032

75–79

 

747.05 ± 1238.92

122.18 ± 59.04

77.56 ± 113.97

752.01 ± 683.10

 

843.04 ± 1428.46

123.37 ± 78.39

67.65 ± 41.77

708.94 ± 594.93

 

0.014

0.163

0.001

0.019

80–84

 

787.94 ± 1365.42

119.17 ± 49.20

72.19 ± 52.98

773.63 ± 742.11

 

616.02 ± 951.65

118.67 ± 37.26

67.48 ± 43.70

757.54 ± 785.82

 

0.002

0.208

0.018

0.173

85-

 

549.06 ± 1336.80

119.92 ± 61.08

114.51 ± 202.16

600.50 ± 372.09

 

472.90 ± 738.65

120.52 ± 76.50

54.19 ± 32.61

646.18 ± 515.61

 

0.105

0.230

< 0.001

0.061

Health insurance

               

Medicare

 

873.18 ± 1554.56

123.15 ± 59.20

74.16 ± 82.42

785.17 ± 737.59

 

938.75 ± 1632.40

115.27 ± 61.38

70.86 ± 51.39

750.19 ± 707.52

 

0.007

< 0.001

0.002

0.002

Medicaid

 

851.76 ± 1173.39

121.33 ± 43.84

71.20 ± 38.71

800.27 ± 599.21

 

819.12 ± 1400.37

135.15 ± 58.88

72.78 ± 45.88

956.45 ± 834.77

 

0.187

< 0.001

0.159

0.002

Diagnoses

               

Lung

 

591.97 ± 988.65

118.86 ± 53.98

75.60 ± 91.26

698.02 ± 531.83

 

660.12 ± 1109.91

115.84 ± 46.30

72.87 ± 59.99

699.19 ± 609.92

 

0.011

0.015

0.067

0.237

Liver

 

1275.23 ± 2079.67

124.38 ± 58.28

70.06 ± 53.73

759.04 ± 742.43

 

1440.39 ± 2518.85

112.14 ± 53.30

72.84 ± 42.55

758.99 ± 678.57

 

0.030

< 0.001

0.053

0.250

Colorectal

 

845.64 ± 1374.57

121.60 ± 53.35

73.87 ± 46.87

910.08 ± 896.34

 

933.59 ± 1648.94

112.52 ± 36.99

72.55 ± 47.04

877.58 ± 797.02

 

0.057

< 0.001

0.139

0.106

Gastric

 

977.22 ± 1835.31

140.42 ± 82.31

83.18 ± 110.20

899.97 ± 817.91

 

714.10 ± 963.80

108.73 ± 24.27

71.69 ± 51.31

762.67 ± 586.45

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.005

< 0.001

Gallbladder, Biliary duct

 

1043.17 ± 1589.64

122.61 ± 59.19

64.17 ± 52.22

809.09 ± 791.70

 

874.16 ± 1433.95

109.46 ± 44.84

71.33 ± 63.40

620.69 ± 774.32

 

0.015

< 0.001

0.009

< 0.001

Pancreas

 

733.56 ± 1304.37

126.84 ± 58.30

80.97 ± 125.99

689.84 ± 707.61

 

704.44 ± 977.54

149.48 ± 116.34

70.03 ± 50.63

714.77 ± 596.42

 

0.179

< 0.001

0.025

0.146

Bladder

 

942.85 ± 1865.73

120.84 ± 47.70

63.11 ± 42.43

963.38 ± 949.76

 

804.86 ± 891.96

87.54 ± 7.82

67.50 ± 45.38

777.60 ± 776.42

 

0.085

< 0.001

0.078

0.008

Prostate

 

909.24 ± 1329.92

120.44 ± 48.63

64.20 ± 53.11

722.04 ± 659.43

 

-

-

-

-

     

Renal

 

768.69 ± 1437.47

112.35 ± 43.48

67.65 ± 33.26

738.80 ± 581.23

 

1149.87 ± 1883.59

118.49 ± 42.35

70.25 ± 43.05

807.47 ± 558.98

 

0.023

0.072

0.154

0.092

Breast

 

-

-

-

-

 

897.04 ± 1508.80

96.73 ± 15.60

65.90 ± 42.75

940.43 ± 1165.51

     

Thyroid

 

587.92 ± 595.33

79.96 ± 1.62

74.88 ± 19.19

1047.16 ± 708.46

 

764.48 ± 767.95

88.79 ± 8.12

74.31 ± 54.63

468.92 ± 200.62

 

0.043

< 0.001

0.235

< 0.001

Cervical

 

-

-

-

-

 

975.54 ± 1124.55

192.94 ± 204.68

53.68 ± 29.70

724.93 ± 513.60

     
  1. Note. CPR = cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, MV = mechanical ventilation, ECMO = extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation, HD = hemodialysis