Table 5.
Annual outpatient expense compared by age at entry.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 | |
| 0-2 | 257.74 (166.83-408.19) | Reference | 525.27 (228.69-1847.69) | Reference | 329.36 (197.63-621.16) | Reference | 245.14 (157.84-393.75) | Reference | 212.38 (136.58-329.15) | Reference | |
| 3-5 | 251.85 (133.05-323.90) | <.001 | 415.33 (204.98-1397.82) | .33 | 272.84 (151.28-550.89) | <.001 | 191.24 (118.96-305.10) | <.001 | 162.35 (102.46-251.89) | <.001 | |
| 6-11 | 202.41 (126.32-330.68) | <.001 | 457.92 (197.78-1303.71) | .25 | 231.84 (140.18-419.25) | <.001 | 186.55 (108.48-306.03) | <.001 | 152.34 (92.1-239.84) | <.001 | |
| 12-17 | 245.39 (142.83-386.15) | .01 | 481.73 (240.08-1364.01) | .53 | 286.93 (165.13-507.47) | <.001 | 238.28 (138.16-399.03) | <.001 | 182.10 (103.66-296.48) | <.001 | |
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 the age of 0-2 years in each group.
dCNS: central nervous system.