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Table 2 Mean health care costsa among EAC cases and non-EAC controls according to service category and phase of care, 2003–2011

From: Estimates and predictors of health care costs of esophageal adenocarcinoma: a population-based cohort study

Service category

Initial Phase

Continuing Care Phase

Terminal Phase

 

Cases

Controls

Cases

Controls

Cases

Controls

 

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

N

1285

2942

651

2870

3011

3011

Outpatient visits

$170 ($164–$177)

$16 ($15–$17)

$157 ($150–$165)

$40 ($38–$42)

$1263 ($1199–$1327)

$37 ($25–$49)

Emergency department visits

$20 ($19–$22)

$3 ($3–$4)

$17 ($15–$18)

$8 ($7–$8)

$218 ($197–$240)

$11 ($8–$13)

Same-day surgery

$32 ($30–$34)

$3 ($2–$3)

$35 ($32–$37)

$8 ($7–$8)

$170 ($156–$185)

$3 ($3–$3)

Inpatient hospitalization

$491 ($452–$530)

$36 ($30–$42)

$404 ($357–$451)

$60 ($55–$66)

$5451 ($5084–$5818)

$154 ($109–$198)

Medications

$63 ($58–$68)

$17 ($15–$18)

$65 ($58–$73)

$43 ($40–$46)

$247 ($231–$264)

$23 ($21–$25)

Home care

$86 ($79–$93)

$7 ($6–$8)

$61 ($54–$68)

$14 ($12–$16)

$467 ($440–$494)

$17 ($8–$27)

Continuing care

$5 ($1–$8)

$11 ($8–$14)

$4 (−$1–$8)

$22 ($17–$27)

$20 ($10–$29)

$23 ($14–$31)

Long-term care

$9 ($5–$14)

$20 ($16–$24)

$8 ($2–$14)

$32 ($25–$38)

$43 ($31–$55)

$42 ($32–$53)

Total cost

$1139 ($1079–$1199)

$122 ($110–$135)

$923 ($852–$995)

$254 ($232–$276)

$9004 ($8545–$9462)

$326 ($265–$387)

  1. EAC esophageal adenocarcinoma, CI confidence intervals
  2. aMean health care costs are expressed in 2016 Canadian dollars per 30 patient-days