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Table 4 Health care costs of the EOL patients by geographical location and type of treatment (N = 792)

From: Geographical disparities in treatment and health care costs for end-of-life cancer patients in China: a retrospective study

Characteristics

Urban (N = 195)

Rural (N = 597)

P - value

Life-extending treatment

(N = 379)

Conservative treatment

(N = 413)

P- value

Western (N = 162)

Central (N = 242)

Eastern

(N = 388)

P - value

Health expenditures

 Per capita expenditures, mean (SD), US$

12,501 (15,711)

5996 (6359)

0.00

10,601 (12,611)

4841 (5550)

0.00

9808 (8.910)

5814 (6372)

7756 (11,948)

0.00

 Including:out-of-pocket

6225 (7221)

3893 (4693)

0.00

5852 (6574)

3196 (3914)

0.00

5063 (5917)

3976 (4656)

4516 (5802)

0.00

 reimbursement

6276 (11,558)

2103 (2972)

0.00

4749 (8768)

1645 (2596)

0.00

4745 (5301)

1838 (2772)

3240 (8270)

0.00

Inpatient health care utilization

 Hospitalization in hospital, No. (%)

179 (91.79)

431 (72.19)

0.00

379 (100)

274 (66.34)

0.00

142 (87.65)

169 (69.83)

299 (77.06)

0.00

 Per capita hospital expenditures, mean (SD), US$

10,085 (12,384)

4320 (5798)

0.00

8467 (10,397)

3236 (4516)

0.00

8225 (8637)

4086 (5740)

5700 (9223)

0.00

 Including:out-of-pocket

4668 (5696)

2570 (4241)

0.00

4409 (5738)

1873 (3094)

0.00

3978 (5773)

2490 (4045)

3075 (4598)

0.00

 reimbursement

5417 (9025)

1750 (2650)

0.00

4058 (6977)

1363 (2275)

0.00

4247 (5127)

1596 (2489)

2625 (6327)

0.00

 Hospital costs % total health care costs

74.23

67.54

0.00

75.45

61.93

0.00

78.87

65.69

68.05

0.00

  1. US$ Based on a currency exchange rate of the 6.6423 yuan to US$1.00 in 2016.Median and inter-quartile range cost date are available from the authors