Table 5.
Age at Death | Type of Expenditure | |||||||||||||
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Total Expenditures |
Inpatient |
Outpatient |
Physician |
Skilled Nursing Facility |
Home Health |
Hospice |
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Coeff. | P-value | Coeff. | P-value | Coeff. | P-value | Coeff. | P-value | Coeff. | P-value | Coeff. | P-value | Coeff. | P-value | |
68−74 | 2314.14 | <.001 | 775.32 | 0.178 | −127.45 | 0.249 | −270.04 | 0.154 | 848.84 | 0.025 | 793.77 | <.001 | 832.75 | <.001 |
(641) | (576) | (111) | (189) | (377) | (179) | (240) | ||||||||
75−84 | 1632.86 | 0.003 | 251.40 | 0.605 | −267.50 | 0.001 | −611.41 | <.001 | 660.93 | 0.033 | 1101.66 | <.001 | 802.64 | 0.001 |
(549) | (486) | (83) | (147) | (310) | (191) | (247) | ||||||||
85+ | 1402.60 | 0.109 | 1086.10 | 0.136 | −317.41 | 0.002 | −789.29 | <.001 | 550.79 | 0.334 | 379.06 | 0.357 | 692.29 | 0.225 |
(876) | (729) | (103) | (208) | (570) | (411) | (570) |
Coefficients represent differences in costs for women as compared to men, stratified by age.
The relationship between gender and mean expenditures is presented controlling for socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, region of residence, and supply variables stratified by age at death; coefficients, standard errors (in parentheses), and p-values.