Exhibit A1. Factors impacting total 6 month cost of care of Medicaid cancer patients <65 years old—assessing costs related to specific chronic conditions.
Including those who died | Excluding those who died | |||
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Cost Estimate | P-value | Cost Estimate | P-value | |
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Age groupings | ||||
21–35 | (reference) | (reference) | ||
36–50 | -$1,889 | 0.3847 | -$521 | 0.8171 |
51–64 | -$4,312 | 0.0455 | -$3,474 | 0.1239 |
Gender | ||||
Males | (reference) | (reference) | ||
Females | -$2,421 | 0.0807 | -$5,706 | 0.0006 |
Race Groupings | ||||
White | (reference) | (reference) | ||
Black | $10,083 | <.0001 | $8,214 | <.0001 |
Other | $10,559 | 0.047 | $5,017 | 0.3685 |
Stage Groupings | ||||
In-situ | (reference) | (reference) | ||
Local | $9,379 | 0.0004 | $8,950 | 0.0006 |
Regional | $21,978 | <.0001 | $21,384 | <.0001 |
Distant | $20,103 | <.0001 | $24,874 | <.0001 |
Other/unknown | $8,363 | 0.0081 | $13,633 | 0.0001 |
Tumor Sites | ||||
Other sites | (reference) | (reference) | ||
Breast | -$20,122 | <.0001 | -$17,026 | <.0001 |
Lung | -$8,214 | <.0001 | -$7,143 | 0.0025 |
Digestive organs | -$5,560 | 0.0033 | -$1,814 | 0.4117 |
Female genital organs | -$16,665 | <.0001 | -$14,255 | <.0001 |
Male genital organs | -$22,502 | <.0001 | -$22,545 | <.0001 |
Oropharynx | $6,041 | 0.0315 | $7,528 | 0.0144 |
Urinary tract | -$11,862 | <.0001 | -$11,351 | 0.0002 |
State | ||||
Georgia | (reference) | (reference) | ||
Maine | $28,623 | <.0001 | $25,062 | <.0001 |
Illinois | $10,347 | <.0001 | $6,485 | <.0001 |
Chronic Conditions | ||||
None | (reference) | (reference) | ||
Cardiac | $3,418 | 0.0113 | $4,385 | 0.005 |
Respiratory | $5,040 | 0.0011 | $8,155 | <.0001 |
Diabetes | $7,483 | <.0001 | $7,714 | <.0001 |
Mental Health | $8,004 | <.0001 | $11,009 | <.0001 |
SOURCE: Results from ordinary least squares regression with total cost as dependent variable.