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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Womens Health Issues. 2008;18(3):199–209. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.02.008

Table 5.

Relationship Between Gender and Mean Medicare Expenditures, by Type of Service, Stratified by Age at Death*,

Age at Death Type of Expenditure
Total Expenditures
Inpatient
Outpatient
Physician
Skilled Nursing Facility
Home Health
Hospice
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.