Table 3.
Total cancer health care costs in 2018/2019 GBP for people diagnosed in the general population and in prison.
| General population |
Prison |
Mean differenceb (95% CI) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 4326 | n = 879 | |||
| Outpatient | ||||
| Costa (mean (SD)) | 1651 (1693) | 1209 (1541) | ||
| Adjustedb total cost (mean (SE)) | 1544 (24) | 981 (33) | −563 (−643 to −483) | P < 0.0001 |
| Elective (planned) inpatient care | ||||
| Costa (mean (SD)) | 9382 (9902) | 9424 (10,633) | ||
| Adjustedb total cost (mean (SE)) | 3414 (57) | 2919 (101) | −495 (−715 to −275) | P < 0.0001 |
| Day cases | ||||
| Costa (mean (SD)) | 1516 (1639) | 1224 (1160) | ||
| Adjustedb total cost (mean (SE)) | 685 (11) | 455 (16) | −230 (−267 to −193) | P < 0.0001 |
| Emergency inpatient care | ||||
| Costa (mean (SD)) | 7473 (12,840) | 8766 (12,729) | ||
| Adjustedb total cost (mean (SE)) | 1153 (21) | 1650 (63) | 497 (375–619) | P < 0.0001 |
| Total inpatient care | ||||
| Costa (mean (SD)) | 7619 (11,144) | 7589 (10,803) | ||
| Adjustedb total cost (mean (SE)) | 5234 (82) | 4601 (157) | −634 (−977 to −291) | P < 0.0001 |
| Total health care costs (outpatient + inpatient) | ||||
| Costa (mean (SD)) | 7154 (10,345) | 6589 (10,345) | ||
| Adjustedb total cost (mean (SE)) | 6784 (106) | 5568 (190) | −1216 (−1638 to −795) | P < 0.0001 |
| Total health care costs including escorts and bed-watches | ||||
| Costa (mean (SD)) | 7154 (10,345) | 20,312 (38,107) | ||
| Adjustedb total cost (mean (SE)) | 6784 (106) | 17,085 (582) | 10,301 (9145–11,456) | P < 0.0001 |
a
Patients with attendance recorded only.
b
Adjusted for age groups, gender, year of diagnosis, and disease stage: generalised linear model negative binomial with log link.