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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Oncol. 2016 Jul 7;7(6):444–452. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2016.06.007

Table 2.

Unadjusted, health service use, costs and mortality (advanced prostate cancer cohort and controls)

Age 66 - 74 years Age ≥ 75 years
Prostate cancer
cohort
Controls Prostate cancer
cohort
Controls
Substa
nce
use
(n=105
0)
n (%)
(Group
4)
No
substan
ce use
(n=743
4)
n (%)
(Group
3)
Substa
nce
use
(n=842
)
n (%)
(Group
2)
No
substa
nce
use
(n=743
3)
n (%)
(Group
1)
Substa
nce
use
(n=429
)
n (%)
(Group
4)
No
substa
nce
use
(n=
5334)
n (%)
(Group
3)
Substa
nce
use
(n=421
)
n (%)
(Group
2)
No
substa
nce
use
(n=533
5)
n (%)
(Group
1)
Any health service use n (%)
Inpatient
hospitaliza
tions
908
(86.5)
4674(6
2.9)
470
(55.5)
2018
(27.1)
342
(79.7)
2966
(55.6)
164
(38.9)
1331
(24.9)
Outpatient hospital visits 693
(66.0)
2974
(40.0)
543
(64.4)
3705
(49.8)
320
(74.6)
2649
(49.7)
186
(44.7)
1938
(36.3)
ER visits 769
(73.2)
4395
(59.1)
383
(45.2)
1990
(26.5)
257
(59.9)
2187
(41.0)
145
(34.4)
1215
(22.8)
Costs in $
Mean
(std dev)
Median
77247
(43337
)
111141
47852
(91710)
21946
57505
(81732
)
33374
26439
(53561
)
7093
60760
(97268
)
28730
38845
(76750
)
13953
60089
(75766
)
35954
32579
(52280
)
13788
Mortality n (%)
All-cause 380
(36.2)
1783
(23.9)
177
(20.9)
792
(10.5)
284
(66.2)
3537
(66.3)
184
(43.7)
1894
(35.5)
Prostate cancer specific 230
(21.9)
1221
(16.4)
176
(41.0)
2417
(45.3)