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 ($) | |||||||
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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