Exhibit 2. Additional 6-month cost of care among Medicaid cancer patients <65 years old with select comorbid conditions compared with cancer patients without these conditions¹.

	Cardiac		Respiratory		Diabetes		Mental health2		One Condition		Two Conditions		Three/Four Conditions
	AC3	P-value	AC	P-value	AC	P-value	AC	P-value	AC	P-value	AC	P-value	AC	P-value
Including those who died during the 6-month follow-up
Hospital stays	$2,732	0.028	$4,618	0.001	$4,678	0.000	$4,979	0.000	$1,824	0.142	$7,000	<.0001	$14,596	<.0001
Prescpt. drug	$168	0.179	$345	0.016	$1,037	<.0001	$546	0.000	$373	0.003	$967	<.0001	$1,715	<.0001
Long-term care	$362	0.038	-$28	0.888	$601	0.001	$1,722	<.0001	$335	0.054	$861	<.0001	$2,066	<.0001
Amb.care svcs.	$156	0.622	$105	0.771	$1,167	0.000	$756	0.045	$646	0.040	$976	0.013	$1,787	0.001
Total	$3,418	0.011	$5,040	0.001	$7,483	<.0001	$8,004	<.0001	$3,177	0.018	$9,804	<.0001	$20,165	<.0001
Excluding those who died during the 6-month follow-up (continuous follow-up for 6 months)
Hospital stays	$3,311	0.020	$6,714	<.0001	$5,112	0.000	$6,883	0.000	$2,727	0.046	$9,891	<.0001	$18,211	<.0001
Prescpt. drug	$288	0.060	$488	0.006	$1,011	<.0001	$715	<.0001	$435	0.003	$1,033	<.0001	$2,199	<.0001
Long-term care	$525	0.028	$147	0.594	$683	0.003	$2,214	<.0001	$416	0.070	$1,126	0.000	$2,933	<.0001
Amb.care svcs.	$261	0.501	$807	0.073	$909	0.015	$1,198	0.008	$1,006	0.007	$1,319	0.005	$2,396	0.000
Total	$4,385	0.005	$8,155	<.0001	$7,714	<.0001	$11,009	<.0001	$4,584	0.002	$13,369	<.0001	$25,739	<.0001

¹Regression analysis controlled for differences in age, sex, race, state, stage at diagnosis and cancer site. All measures reported are per person. Medicaid cost is reported for the six month period after diagnosis in 2003 dollars.

²Includes schizophrenic disorders, episodic mood disorders, delusional disorders, anxiety/personality disorders, and depressive disorders.

³AC–Additional cost of chronic conditions among cancer patients; that is, increased cost of cancer care due to the presence of the comorbid condition.