Table 1 Average end-of-life healthcare expenditures spent by the study participants
Unit: 1,000,000 KRW | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | N | Healthcare expenditures | |||||
Total | 12 ~ 3 Months | 3 Months ~ Death | |||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Economic status | |||||||
Low | 578 | 14.0 | 12.8 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 6.5 | 7.5 |
Mid | 900 | 14.8 | 12.7 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
High | 1605 | 16.3 | 15.1 | 8.8 | 10.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
Sex | |||||||
Male | 1973 | 15.7 | 14.1 | 8.5 | 9.8 | 7.2 | 7.6 |
Female | 1110 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 8.2 | 10.1 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
Age | |||||||
~ 69 | 157 | 21.1 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.0 | 8.6 | 7.4 |
70 ~ 74 | 907 | 18.6 | 13.8 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 8.0 | 7.0 |
75 ~ 79 | 941 | 15.9 | 16.3 | 8.6 | 11.5 | 7.3 | 8.0 |
80~ | 1078 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 6.6 |
Type of insurance coveragea | |||||||
NHI (self-employed) | 938 | 15.9 | 14.5 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 7.0 | 7.2 |
NHI (employees) | 2145 | 15.3 | 13.8 | 8.2 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 7.3 |
Types of cancer which diagnosed | |||||||
Gastric cancer | 863 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 7.3 | 7.9 |
Colorectal cancer | 898 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 6.4 | 7.3 |
Hepatocellular carcinoma | 440 | 16.7 | 12.9 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 7.0 |
Lung cancer | 882 | 16.6 | 13.1 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 7.1 | 6.7 |
Survival time (from first diagnosis) | |||||||
1y ~ 2y | 877 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 7.1 |
2y ~ 3y | 1037 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
3y ~ 4y | 590 | 15.2 | 13.3 | 8.1 | 10.0 | 7.1 | 6.6 |
4y ~ 5y | 368 | 17.6 | 18.7 | 9.6 | 13.4 | 8.0 | 8.7 |
5y+ | 211 | 17.4 | 18.1 | 8.3 | 11.4 | 9.1 | 10.4 |
Charlson Comorbidity Index | |||||||
~ 2 | 541 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 5.6 |
3 ~ 5 | 639 | 11.8 | 10.5 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 7.2 |
6~ | 1903 | 18.6 | 15.2 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 8.1 | 7.4 |
Residing area | |||||||
Capital area | 1055 | 16.8 | 15.0 | 9.1 | 10.3 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
Metropolitan | 635 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 8.5 | 11.0 | 6.9 | 7.0 |
Others | 1393 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 6.7 | 6.6 |
Types of main treatment institution | |||||||
General hospital | 2445 | 16.9 | 14.7 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
Hospital | 235 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
Long-term care hospital | 278 | 13.5 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 5.3 | 2.7 |
Clinic | 125 | 3.5 | 7.4 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 2.9 |
LOSb | 96.4 | 64.4 | 57.6 | 50.2 | 38.7 | 25.1 | |
Total | 3083 | 15.5 | 14.0 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 7.1 | 7.3 |