Table 1 Comparison between the national cohort and the cohort from National Cheng Kung University Hospital (NCKUH)
From: Estimating the lifelong health impact and financial burdens of different types of lung cancer
The national cohort | The NCKUH cohort | Pvalue* | |
|---|---|---|---|
Calendar years of collection | 1998-2007 | 2005-2012 | |
Total number of patients | 66,535 | 2,456 | |
Age at diagnosis, mean (SD) years | 67.22 (12.10) | 65.57 (12.57) | |
Sex, no. of males (%) | 45,098 (67.78) | 1,457 (59.32) | |
SCLC, no. of patients (%) | 6,748 (10.14) | 337 (13.72) | |
Life expectancy, mean (SE) years | 1.43 (0.02) | 1.44 (0.10) | 0.906 |
Lifetime healthcare expenditures per case, | |||
NHI-reimbursed medical costs, mean (SE) $ | 12,597 (703) | 15,454 (1,520) | 0.105 |
Out-of-pocket medical costs, mean (SE) $ | -- | 4,797 (550) | |
NSCLC, no. of patients (%) | 59,787 (89.86) | 2,119 (86.28) | |
Life expectancy, mean (SE) years | 3.05 (0.01) | 3.19 (0.05) | 0.011 |
Lifetime healthcare expenditures per case, | |||
NHI-reimbursed medical costs, mean (SE) $ | 18,660 (894) | 21,965 (1,364) | 0.049 |
Out-of-pocket medical costs, mean (SE) $ | -- | 15,807 (872) |