Table 1.

Distribution of episode costs (in dollars) for each factor variable^e

		Actual Episode Expenditures
	N	Minimum	1st quartile	Median	Mean	3rd quartile	Maximum
Sex
Female	2923	461.09	2272.80	5278.11	13,879.26	18,920.21	71,185.40
Male	15	1676.08	3378.14	5310.87	14,962.33	22,495.87	60,645.54
Chemotherapy drugs
Part B	828	1486.41	17,582.50	30,595.09	33,026.14	48,364.65	71,185.40
Part D	2110	461.09	1766.81	3270.07	6373.39	6440.57	71,185.40
Surgery
No	2818	461.09	2214.97	4949.55	13,449.74	18,088.10	71,185.40
Yes	120	1364.95	9037.30	17,372.43	24,101.19	35,220.38	71,185.40
Insurance
No PartDa	127	1111.65	14,545.65	24,983.93	28,798.25	42,946.34	71,185.40
PartD LISb	130	461.09	1989.09	4872.79	15,087.51	20,435.59	71,185.40
PartD NoLISc	1794	461.09	1888.15	3828.62	11,102.19	12,297.31	71,185.40
Full duald	887	461.09	3625.93	7926.81	17,201.15	24,179.71	71,185.40
Radiation
No	2681	461.09	2154.71	4596.04	12,460.25	15,144.30	71,185.40
Yes	257	1393.47	12,220.82	25,329.08	28,745.46	42,778.24	71,185.40
Trial participation
No	2923	461.09	2271.26	5260.65	13,869.41	18,975.22	71,185.40
Yes	15	2273.81	6065.91	16,671.52	16,880.54	18,742.96	48,306.45
Comorbidities
0	828	461.09	1639.29	3450.09	11,750.76	14,716.46	71,185.40
1	727	461.09	2179.77	5079.50	12,080.17	14,285.17	71,185.40
2	469	461.09	2872.91	5500.16	14,587.20	20,551.60	71,185.40
3	288	461.09	2973.28	7702.07	16,603.32	24,587.09	71,185.40
≥ 4	271	469.21	5298.04	13,266.07	19,067.06	27,077.94	71,185.40
New enrollee	355	461.09	2026.10	5079.58	15,468.37	25,367.09	71,185.40
Chemotherapy clean period
62–730 days	1235	461.09	1677.36	3147.19	6540.55	6463.20	71,185.40
> 731 days	657	461.09	2688.89	8603.03	16,839.45	25,329.08	71,185.40
1–61 days	1046	461.09	3957.41	12,421.50	20,700.20	33,603.99	71,185.40
Institutional status
Yes	14	3515.99	7298.26	14,258.97	22,597.47	34,961.03	66,192.20
No	2924	461.09	2271.99	5260.37	13,843.07	18,831.37	71,185.40

Note: ^aNo PartD means no part D enrollment; ^bPartD LIS means does not have full Medicaid benefits but does have Part D with low income subsidy; ^cPartD NoLIS means has Part D enrollment but no low income subsidy; ^dFull dual means full Medicaid benefits (including Part D and LIS). ^eAge and HRR relative cost are continuous variables and not included in this table; scatterplots of episode costs versus age and HRR relative cost are shown in Fig. 2