Table 4.
Annual outpatient expense compared by gender.a
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Cancer groups (ICD-9-CMb) | Comparison group | ||||||||||
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Hematologic cancer (200-208) (n=3934) | P valuec | Brain cancer (191-192) (n=2241) | P valuec | Benign brain tumor (225) (n=7825) | P valuec | Non-CNSd solid tumor (140-190; 193-199) (n=19,105) | P valuec | No cancer individuals (n=64,754) | P valuec |
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| Female | 255.92 (163.12-401.30) | N/Ae | 492.35 (250.84-1364.01) | N/A | 311.17 (189.30-538.72) | N/A | 256.09 (160.60-410.86) | N/A | 201.67 (126.46-309.05) | N/A |
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| Male | 208.57 (123.75-342.92) | <.001 | 458.34 (193.74-1404.03) | .06 | 237.66 (134.68-469.39) | <.001 | 192.07 (111.78-322.92) | <.001 | 153.35 (88.48-252.09) | <.001 |
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aData represent the median expense in US $ per person per year (IQR).
bICD-9-CM: International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification.
cCompared with females in each group.
dCNS: central nervous system.
eN/A: not applicable.