Table 3 End-of-life costs of medical treatment among deceased older adults with cancer (N = 4,624)

12 mon

33712.09 ± 26162.64

32634.87 ± 26452.39

35676.59 ± 25516.89

-3.360

< 0.001

6 mon

27155.90 ± 21737.33

27987.21 ± 22830.63

25639.85 ± 19502.67

4.945

< 0.001

3 mon

21117.55 ± 17339.84

23288.31 ± 18840.02

17164.10 ± 13332.29

16.736

< 0.001

2 mon

17530.31 ± 14327.33

20162.76 ± 15519.22

12729.78 ± 10237.36

25.899

< 0.001

1 mon

11389.14 ± 10105.83

13841.95 ± 10863.10

7102.51 ± 6747.45

34.607

< 0.001