TABLE I.
Baseline demographics and associated costs for the breast cancer and control cohorts investigated
| Variable |
Cases
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Controls
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n) | (%) | Mean home care services used per person–year (n) | Home care costs per person–year | (n) | (%) | Mean home care services used per person–year (n) | Home care costs per person–year | |
| Individuals (n) | 39,656 | — | 198,280 | — | ||||
| Using home care services | 29,882 | 75.4 | 14.97 | $1210 | 28,941 | 14.6 | 6.13 | $325 |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| Mean | 61.56±14.01 | 61.56±14.02 | ||||||
| Median (interquartile range) | 61 (51–72) | 61 (51–72) | ||||||
| Rural | ||||||||
| Yes | 5,010 | 12.6 | 17.02 | $1407 | 25,050 | 12.6 | 0.81 | $322 |
| No | 34,613 | 87.3 | 14.68 | $1182 | 173,065 | 87.3 | 6.05 | $350 |
| Missing | 33 | 0.1 | 7.37 | $578 | 165 | 0.1 | 6.65 | $60 |
| Income groups | ||||||||
| Urban lowest | 6,043 | 15.2 | 19.62 | $1479 | 30,125 | 15.2 | 8.61 | $453 |
| Urban second-lowest | 6,630 | 16.7 | 15.24 | $1225 | 33,195 | 16.7 | 6.56 | $336 |
| Urban middle | 6,868 | 17.3 | 15.07 | $1221 | 34,340 | 17.3 | 5.67 | $305 |
| Urban second-highest | 7,334 | 18.5 | 12.84 | $1078 | 36,670 | 18.5 | 5.36 | $287 |
| Urban highest | 7,717 | 19.5 | 11.77 | $982 | 38,585 | 19.5 | 4.6 | $256 |
| Rural | 4,996 | 12.6 | 17.05 | $1409 | 24,980 | 12.6 | 6.66 | $350 |
| Missing | 59 | 0.1 | 12.36 | $815 | 295 | 0.1 | 2.56 | $134 |
| Resource utilization band | ||||||||
| None | 453 | 1.1 | 14.29 | $1353 | 2,265 | 1.1 | 0.8 | $58 |
| Healthy user | 209 | 0.5 | 10.93 | $1143 | 1,045 | 0.5 | 0.1 | $12 |
| Low | 2,109 | 5.3 | 10.59 | $1043 | 10,545 | 5.3 | 1.04 | $59 |
| Moderate | 22,034 | 55.6 | 11.49 | $1027 | 110,170 | 55.6 | 2.76 | $151 |
| High | 9,851 | 24.8 | 16.74 | $1304 | 49,255 | 24.8 | 7.61 | $409 |
| Highest | 5,000 | 12.6 | 30.53 | $1979 | 25,000 | 12.6 | 21.62 | $1114 |