Table 3. Descriptive statistics of OOP costs in 2008 dollars for Caucasian (n = 215) and minority women (n = 46) participating in the BCEI trial.

Cost category	Women reporting cost			Monthly OOP costs ($)
	Caucasian	Minority	P*	Caucasian women			Minority women
	%	%		Mean	SD	Median	Mean	SD	Median
Direct medical cost	93.5	89.1		0.345	261.3	275.9	167.4	375.9	751.4	203.6
Prescription medicines	87.4	84.8	0.633	47.0	76.7	26.4	41.0	29.8	34.0
Doctor bills	72.6	76.1	0.610	87.4	94.5	55.6	139.6	270.5	50.3
Hospital bills	65.1	67.4	0.767	170.4	179.3	109.2	241.3	541.0	98.2
OTC medicines	40.9	47.8	0.392	9.2	10.0	5.9	6.4	4.0	5.9
Side effect management	37.7	50.0	0.124	26.2	18.3	21.6	23.7	25.4	15.8
Medical supplies	31.6	34.8	0.679	17.5	25.4	8.9	20.4	27.1	13.0
Alternative treatments	13.5	13.0	0.936	27.5	28.7	19.4	32.7	51.8	10.7
ER visits	5.6	10.9	0.192	12.4	9.8	8.8	44.0	22.4	44.8
Counseling
Individual (genetic, nutrition)	6.0	6.5	1.000	82.4	159.9	15.8	5.5	3.4	4.3
Family	2.3	0.0	0.590	11.6	7.8	10.5	–	–	–
Direct non-medical cost	58.1	65.2	0.375	65.5	96.6	34.9	66.8	100.1	25.0
Travel to hospital or doctor	43.3	41.3	0.808	44.9	59.8	24.4	38.9	50.6	22.9
Physical therapy, exercise	13.5	21.7	0.172	30.8	47.1	20.4	12.3	11.2	8.4
Home maintenance	8.4	10.9	0.570	54.1	45.6	40.7	44.9	33.7	35.3
Cleaning	9.8	8.7	1.000	61.5	59.8	44.2	54.4	72.8	20.5
Insurance premium increases	8.8	10.9	0.586	12.6	12.6	6.5	5.7	3.8	6.8
Child care	1.4	0.0	1.000	73.9	16.1	76.6	–	–	–
Other	3.7	6.5	0.416	47.7	55.7	27.0	223.1	189.1	152.1
Total direct cost	95.3	93.5	0.707	297.3	296.8	204.8	405.6	746.9	217.2

^*Fisher's exact test or χ² test, as appropriate