Table 3. Healthcare expenditure of oncological surgery and one-year follow-up period for oral cancer patients (n = 1300).
| Characteristic | Surgeon caseload | Hospital caseload | |||||||
| High-volume | Medium-volume | Low-volume | Pvalue | High-volume | Medium- volume | Low-volume | Pvalue | ||
| Spending for oncological surgery | |||||||||
| Oncological surgery cost(mean ±SD) | 10769±3499 | 10460±4254 | 12017±5802 | <0.001 | 11012±4612 | 10969±4081 | 11274±5231 | 0.586 | |
| Spending for 12-month follow-up period | |||||||||
| OPD expenditure(mean ±SD) | 5721±5264 | 6234±5014 | 6310±5806 | 0.207 | 5808±5405 | 5471±4963 | 7039±5653 | <0.001 | |
| Hospitalization cost(mean ±SD) | 2840±5360 | 4742±8126 | 4658±7400 | <0.001 | 2913±5382 | 4471±7330 | 4789±8143 | <0.001 | |
| OPD & hospitalizationexpenditure (mean ±SD) | 8562±8046 | 10976±9830 | 10968±9653 | <0.001 | 8721±8116 | 9941±9159 | 11828±10176 | <0.001 | |