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TABLE IV.

Regression coefficients estimate 30-day home care costs for breast cancer cases that utilized home care

Variable	Initial care		Continuation care		Terminal care
Variable	Parameter estimate	Standard error	Parameter estimate	Standard error	Parameter estimate	Standard error
Intercept	330.89	9.72^a	168.25	13.68^a	811.60	103.52^a
Age group (reference: 55–64 years)
<45 Years	−14.62	7.62	−38.84	10.35^a	−135.26	84.27
45–54 Years	−13.44	6.43^b	−29.68	8.97^a	−111.84	70.82
65–74 Years	−12.42	6.82	33.85	10.01^a	−122.83	67.45
75–84 Years	13.55	7.73	83.02	10.77^a	−106.43	64.58
≥85 Years	37.10	12.17^b	161.91	15.29^a	25.14	74.05
Income group (reference: Urban highest)
Urban lowest	72.22	7.73^a	77.00	10.74^a	57.84	69.84
Urban second-lowest	46.06	7.56^a	36.04	10.69^a	−25.88	70.41
Urban middle	42.90	7.45^a	28.29	10.53^b	86.56	70.67
Urban second-highest	22.69	7.32^b	7.83	10.37	62.55	71.53
Rural	69.83	8.04^a	22.84	10.87^b	50.13	73.83
Resource utilization band (reference: Highest)
None	25.53	28.45	23.30	33.12	17.09	164.87
Healthy user	−107.03	32.34^a	−109.12	45.48^b	72.30	257.69
Low	−113.53	11.83^a	−94.60	16.15^a	−115.52	113.97
Moderate	−92.04	7.42^a	−102.90	9.84^a	−62.27	54.38
High	−70.63	8.01^a	−68.15	10.53^a	−120.79	57.96
Stage (reference: Stage i)
Stage ii	97.99	5.56^a	34.16	8.44^a	−44.39	82.57
Stage iii	184.17	7.13^a	85.52	9.79^a	181.99	82.93^b
Stage iv	334.14	13.74^a	369.67	16.37^a	318.63	82.55^a
Not staged	103.22	7.31^a	29.37	10.17^b	220.82	77.73^b

p < 0.001.

p < 0.05.