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
	Cost Estimate	P-value	Cost Estimate	P-value
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.