Table A2-7.

Net payments for CRC care during 1998-2003 (in $2007)^*

			Last Year of Life
AJCC Stage	Initial Phase	Continuing Phase	Died of Cancer	Died of Other Causes
Direct Medical Costs
I	28,668	2,395	51,935	12,703
II	39,700	2,237	51,712	11,035
III	48,951	3,249	54,776	14,708
IV	64,801	10,419	73,522	39,679

^*The initial phase of care is the first 12 months following diagnosis, the last year of life phase is the final 12 months of life, and the continuing phase is all the months between the initial and last year of life phases. Cancer-related costs in the continuing phase of care are an annual estimate.