Table 2.
Days from being diagnosed with cancer to dying and total cancer costs (N = 792)
| Characteristics | Urban (N = 195) | Rural (N = 597) | P - value | Western (N = 162) | Central (N = 242) | Eastern (N = 388) | P - value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | Mean (SD) | N (%) | Mean (SD) | N (%) | Mean (SD) | N (%) | Mean (SD) | N (%) | Mean (SD) | |||
| Days from being diagnosed with cancer to dying | 549 (799) | 448 (487) | 0.02 | 576 (696) | 451 (536) | 444 (550) | 0.00 | |||||
| ≤3 months | 35 (17.95) | 96 (16.08) | 30 (18.52) | 43 (17.77) | 58 (14.95) | |||||||
| 3 months–6 months | 33 (16.92) | 123 (20.60) | 35 (21.60) | 58 (23.97) | 63 (16.24) | |||||||
| 6 months-1 year | 57 (29.23) | 157 (26.30) | 29 (17.90) | 54 (22.31) | 131 (33.76) | |||||||
| 1 year-2 years | 40 (20.51) | 137 (22.95) | 37 (22.84) | 50 (20.66) | 90 (23.20) | |||||||
| ≥ 2 years | 30 (15.38) | 84 (14.07) | 31 (19.14) | 37 (15.29) | 46 (11.86) | |||||||
| Per capita expenditures, US$ | 32,671 (45,576) | 15,541 (15,955) | 0.00 | 19,791 (18,132) | 16,579 (20,423) | 21,703 (33,747) | 0.03 | |||||
| Including:out-of-pocket expenses | 17,051 (23,731) | 9405 (10,623) | 0.00 | 8979 (11,036) | 10,940 (15,516) | 12,483 (16,579) | 0.05 | |||||
| Reimbursements | 15,620 (29,698) | 6136 (8202) | 0.00 | 10,812 (12,365) | 5639 (8642) | 9220 (21,479) | 0.00 | |||||
US$ Based on a currency exchange rate of the 6.6423 yuan to US$1.00 in 2016.Median and inter-quartile range cost date are available form the authors