Table 3.

Incremental per-Person End-of-Life Cost of Cancer Cases Compared to Noncancer Controls for Selected Tumor Sites^*

	Lung		Digestive Organs		Oropharynx		Breast		Female Genital Organs		Urinary Tract		Other Sites
	IC	SE	IC	SE	IC	SE	IC	SE	IC	SE	IC	SE	IC	SE
Hospital stays	4502†	1,742	9090†	2,331	21602†	5,672	6,515	3,675	6,355†	3,555	9,973†	5,232	26,324†	4,622
Ambulatory care	2,819†	379	2,243†	387	2,446†	621	2,302†	671	1,659†	611	1,719†	775	1,948†	434
Prescription drug	−231†	100	−431†	95	−442†	136	−131	189	−366†	157	−325	206	−127	130
Long-term care	−194†	96	−306†	103	−215	160	−111	173	−79	171	−199	217	−80	117
Total	8,557†	2,039	10,424†	2,363	22,547†	4,959	8,837†	3,925	8,200†	3,772	10,264†	5,103	27,784†	4,045

All measures reported are per person. Medicaid cost is reported for the 4-month period prior to death in 2003 dollars.

IC, incremental cost of care for cancer versus noncancer patients; sum of components does not equal total due to nonlinearities.

^*Analysis controlled for differences in age, sex, race, state, stage at diagnosis, and time between diagnosis and death.

^†Indicates significantly different from zero at the 95% confidence level.

SE, standard error.