TABLE I.
Baseline characteristics and outpatient care–based cost estimates for patients diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) in Saskatchewan from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2008
| Variable | Overall | Skin-cell type | Residence | ||
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| Basal | Squamous | Urban | Rural | ||
| Patients [n (%)] | |||||
| Overall | 9330 | 7306 | 2024 | 6104 | 3160 |
| With multiple incidents | 1281 (13.73) | ||||
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| Setting [n (%)] | |||||
| Urban | 6104 (65.42) | 4908 (67.18) | 1196 (59.10) | 6104 (100) | 0 (0) |
| Rural | 3160 (33.86) | 2344 (32.08) | 816 (40.31) | 0 (0) | 3160 (100) |
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| Sex | |||||
| Women | 4258 (45.64) | 3416 (46.76) | 842 (41.60) | 2854 (46.76) | 1372 (43.42) |
| Men | 5072 (54.36) | 3890 (53.24) | 1182 (58.40) | 3250 (53.24) | 1788 (56.58) |
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| Mean age | 70.87±14.15 | 69.55±14.34 | 75.64±12.31 | 70.38±14.36 | 71.95±13.58 |
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| Site of skin lesion [n (%)] | |||||
| Face | 6051 (64.86) | 4878 (66.77) | 1173 (57.95) | 3838 (62.88) | 2166 (68.54) |
| Trunk | 1281 (13.73) | 907 (12.41) | 126 (6.23) | 738 (12.09) | 288 (9.11) |
| Upper limb | 958 (10.27) | 536 (7.34) | 422 (20.85) | 657 (10.76) | 297 (9.40) |
| Scalp and neck | 951 (10.19) | 764 (10.46) | 187 (9.24) | 626 (10.26) | 318 (10.06) |
| Lower limb | 303 (3.25) | 195 (2.67) | 108 (5.34) | 225 (3.69) | 77 (2.44) |
| Other | 34 (0.36) | 26 (0.36) | 8 (0.40) | 20 (0.33) | 14 (0.44) |
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| Year of service ($) | |||||
| 2003 | 5,074.34 | 5,074.34 | 823.33 | 4,330.81 | 0.00 |
| 2004 | 527,458.76 | 414,869.40 | 112,589.36 | 349,167.59 | 172,855.16 |
| 2005 | 667,389.13 | 525,660.38 | 141,728.75 | 461,067.10 | 204,457.28 |
| 2006 | 721,215.24 | 579,032.65 | 142,182.59 | 491,417.37 | 226,396.95 |
| 2007 | 744,828.46 | 593,133.04 | 151,695.42 | 496,455.82 | 240,788.25 |
| 2008 | 845,954.98 | 672,158.57 | 173,796.40 | 593,340.78 | 244,359.45 |
| 2009 | 200,134.72 | 157,352.00 | 41,959.38 | 137,826.45 | 59,742.24 |
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| Outpatient care costs ($) | |||||
| Total | 3,712,055.63 | 2,947,280.38 | 764,775.23 | 2,533,605.92 | 1,148,599.33 |
| General practice and surgery | 1,572,165.11 | 1,193,822.58 | 378,342.53 | 987,805.66 | 592,956.73 |
| Dermatology | 168,139.51 | 149,516.58 | 18,622.93 | 121,227.25 | 47,104.76 |
| Plastic surgery or otolaryngology | 1,857,534.35 | 1,541,250.14 | 316,284.21 | 1,376,606.05 | 484,166.26 |
| Other | 114,216.66 | 62,691.09 | 51,525.57 | 47,966.95 | 24,371.59 |
| Mean per person | 397.86 | 403.41 | 377.85 | 415.07 | 363.48 |
| Single NSMC | 312.61 | — | — | — | — |
| Multiple NSMCs | 773.33 | — | — | — | — |
| Face | 425.27 | — | — | — | — |
| Trunk | 332.48 | — | — | — | — |
| Upper limb | 317.80 | — | — | — | — |
| Scalp and neck | 386.24 | — | — | — | — |
| Lower limb | 367.08 | — | — | — | — |
| Other | 362.43 | — | — | — | — |