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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Head Neck. 2021 Jul 8;43(10):3062–3075. doi: 10.1002/hed.26801

TABLE 3.

Patient financial data

Variable Patients, no. (%) (n = 71) COSTa (mean ± SD) p-valueb
Annual out-of-pocket expenses (mean ± SD), USD 709 ± 626 24.79 ± 11.49
Annual OOPE:Earnings at time of diagnosis,c median (range) 1.32% (0%−35%) 24.78 ± 11.57
Annual OOPE:Earnings at time of survey,c median (range) 1.59% (0%−25%) 24.97 ± 11.48
Earnings at time of diagnosisc
 Less than $10 000 6 (8.5%) 22.83 ± 12.55 0.012
 $10 000–$19 999 10 (14.1%) 20.63 ± 14.04
 $20 000–$39 999 18 (25.4%) 19.00 ± 10.83
 $40 000–$59 999 11 (15.5%) 25.18 ± 10.57
 $60 000–$79 999 10 (14.1%) 27.10 ± 8.21
 $80 000–$99 999 2 (2.8%) 40.00 ± 5.66
 $100 000–$150 000 10 (14.1%) 29.30 ± 10.78
 Over $150 000 3 (4.2%) 38.00 ± 2.65
Earnings at time of surveyc
 Less than $10 000 11 (15.5%) 12.82 ± 9.11 <0.001
 $10 000–$19 999 12 (16.9%) 20.10 ± 13.55
 $20 000–$39 999 22 (31.0%) 23.50 ± 8.90
 $40 000–$59 999 11 (15.5%) 31.20 ± 6.51
 $60 000–$79 999 4 (5.6%) 35.50 ± 4.44
 $80 000–$99 999 1 (1.4%) 43
 $100 000–$150 000 7 (9.9%) 34.71 ± 3.77
 Over $150 000 2 (2.8%) 37.00 ± 2.83
Earning change from diagnosis to time of surveyc
 Negative change 28 (39.4%) 21.25 ± 12.37 0.028
 No/positive change 43 (60.6%) 27.28 ± 10.26

Abbreviations: COST, comprehensive score for financial toxicity; OOPE, out-of-pocket expenses; SD, standard deviation.

a

Lower COST scores represent higher toxicity.

b

Kruskal–Wallis test.

c

Earnings data reflects gross/pre-tax annual earnings at the respective time-point.