TABLE II.
Total 30-day out-of-pocket costs for breast cancer patients, by category
| Variable | Patients (n) | Costs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ($) | None (%) | sd ($) | Range ($) | ||
| Drugs | 70 | 57.31 | 48.6 | 183.88 | 0–1400 |
| Homecare | 74 | 1.64 | 97.3 | 9.96 | 0–62 |
| Homemaking | 72 | 15.49 | 93.1 | 65.81 | 0–400 |
| cam | 72 | 80.35 | 90.3 | 589.47 | 0–5000 |
| Vitamins/supplements | 70 | 31.07 | 62.9 | 67.67 | 0–400 |
| Family care | 74 | 38.38 | 91.9 | 186.53 | 0–1200 |
| Accommodation and meals | 74 | 29.86 | 77.0 | 85.20 | 0–400 |
| Devices | 72 | 141.83 | 75.0 | 456.57 | 0–2350 |
| Other | 73 | 6.42 | 87.7 | 26.03 | 0–200 |
| TOTAL | 64 | 392.58 | 15.6 | 830.10 | 0–5230 |
| Imputed travel cost | 60 | 225.16 | 20.0 | 387.68. | 0–2401.20 |
| Parking/fares | 74 | 31.87 | 16.2 | 39.26 | 0–234 |
sd = standard deviation; cam = complementary or alternative medicine.