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. 2012 Mar 14;2012:913848. doi: 10.1155/2012/913848

Table 6.

Per capita healthcare costs for CAPN cases and non-CAPN controls during the 12-month study period.

(A) Main Sample: no diabetes (B) Diabetes Sample
Cases Controls P-valuea Cases Controls P-valuea

mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD)
N 454 454 71 71
Total healthcare costs $69,950 ($66,913) $52,606 ($55,554) <.0001 $76,555 ($63,379) $54,816 ($68,115) 0.0273

Chemotherapy costs $16,984 ($21,248) $16,169 ($27,055) 0.5744 $20,990 ($31,501) $13,033 ($19,725) 0.0670

Drug costs $3,744 ($5,333) $3,071 ($4,927) 0.0419 $6,017 ($7,461) $4,223 ($6,100) 0.1163
 CAPN-related drugs $595 ($1,590) $328 ($1,041) 0.0016 $718 ($1,401) $371 ($782) 0.0832

Medical costs $49,223 ($56,500) $33,366 ($36,931) <.0001 $49,548 ($46,428) $37,561 ($57,723) 0.1614
 Inpatient $14,050 ($35,793) $6,498 ($15,558) <.0001 $19,181 ($38,190) $15,148 ($44,098) 0.5637
 ED $474 ($1,093) $263 ($730) 0.0005 $798 ($1,817) $243 ($535) 0.0172
 Outpatient $34,698 ($36,712) $26,606 ($29,913) <.0001 $29,569 ($21,339) $22,170 ($29,244) 0.0921
  Oncology $5,469 ($15,923) $3,193 ($8,478) 0.0072 $4,191 ($6,950) $2,344 ($4,729) 0.0554
  Neurology $129 ($319) $46 ($433) 0.0011 $326 ($843) $44 ($278) 0.0103
  Primary care $7,772 ($12,454) $6,543 ($9,920) 0.0979 $6,024 ($7,341) $4,472 ($5,965) 0.1252
  Other physician $7,437 ($13,782) $6,804 ($17,452) 0.5247 $6,235 ($11,447) $5,150 ($16,025) 0.6502
  Lab/pathology $414 ($1,825) $289 ($1,490) 0.2632 $485 ($2,027) $110 ($193) 0.1237
  Other outpatient $13,476 ($24,509) $9,731 ($18,345) 0.0064 $12,307 ($16,297) $10,049 ($20,812) 0.4798
 CAPN-related medical costs $725 ($2,005) $491 ($762)

CAPN indicates chemotherapy-associated peripheral neuropathy; SD, standard deviation; ED, emergency department.

a P-values are determined using McNemar tests for proportions and paired t-tests for continuous measures.