Table 3.

Average annual patient co-payments (MBS and PBS combined) by Indigenous and non-Indigenous people

Time since diagnosis	Indigenous Cancer Patients				Non-Indigenous Cancer Patients
	N	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)	Range	N	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)	Range
0 to 12 months	1660	401 (817)	177 (425)	0–8568	97,200	1074 (1986)	450 (831)	0–81,814
13 to 24 months	1480	200 (455)	67 (221)	0–6180	88,200	484 (876)	289 (404)	0–25,731
25 to 36 months	1380	181 (421)	61 (226)	0–6046	83,100	441 (825)	269 (382)	0–32,691

Note: data is limited to those who survived each respective 12-month period