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Table 1 Characteristics of 12.580 incident cases of breast cancer (2007–2011) and adjusted means of care costs (diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and overall; €)

From: Cost of breast cancer based on real-world data: a cancer registry study in Italy

 

N.

%

Costs (€)

 

diagnosis

treatment

follow-up

overall

Age at diagnosis

  <45

1,390

11.05

296.77

10,000.83

2,543.42

12,210.85

  45–69

6,913

54.95

368.91

7,832.36

2,308.19

9,841.23

  69+

4,277

34.00

539.57

4,949.00

2,064.76

6,692.16

Hospital type

  Cancer Center

6,058

48.16

758.55

9,552.09

3,027.95

12,522.18

  Public general hospital

4,464

35.48

846.24

8,705.54

2,798.75

11,416.47

  Private general hospital

1,406

11.18

709.07

7,986.39

2,592.26

10,466.91

  Country hospital

8,114

5.18

61.9

4,132.24

802.86

4,620.09

Hospital volume

  low (<50)

1,570

12.48

491.33

491.33

2,459.34

9,206.66

  medium (50–150)

2,896

23.02

535.07

7,711.82

2,464.23

9,842.53

  high (>150)

2,174

64.50

372.96

7,690.33

2,254.35

9,646.24

Stage

  T1N0M0

4,641

36.89

144.1

7,277.0

1,783.4

9,014.8

  T2-3N0M0

1,350

10.73

197.1

8,702.8

2,179.5

10,755.8

  T1-3 N + M0

3,872

30.78

201.1

10,937.0

2,594.7

13,435.9

  T4M0

1,188

9.44

237.8

8,828.7

2,403.7

11,175.1

  M1

1,108

8.81

2,261.9

9,177.8

4,575.6

12,825.9

  Not available

421

3.35

1,427.5

2,376.6

2,562.0

4,577.9

Employment category

  Professional/clerical

3,024

24.04

372.51

8,570.82

2,759.54

11,045.03

  Manual workers

717

5.70

334.60

8,580.01

2,665.97

10,914.96

  Housewife

2,126

16.90

383.43

7,827.24

2,732.78

10,226.13

  Pensioner

5,081

40.39

368.28

7,147.76

2,189.88

8,970.62

  Other

1,115

8.86

392.25

8,062.96

1,772.34

9,510.34

  Missing

517

4.11

672.27

5,273.02

1,238.66

6,427.42

Educational level

  Elementary school

2,304

18.31

402.06

7,959.91

2,347.13

10,010.70

  Junior high school

5,599

44.51

378.09

7,457.62

2,254.22

9,355.50

  High school

2,455

19.52

335.90

8,281.07

2,767.98

10,720.93

  College or higher

1,713

13.62

336.62

8,207.02

2,513.18

10,420.52

  Missing

509

4.05

723.22

5,361.00

1,254.54

6,560.85

Marital status

  Living alone

1,580

12.56

344.76

7,151.48

2,074.98

8,889.80

  Married

7,132

56.69

375.55

7,718.56

2,400.29

9,831.68

  Divorced

497

3.95

361.05

7,443.40

2,760.63

9,948.02

  Widowed

2,641

20.99

443.45

7,111.70

2,223.60

8,998.46

  Missing

730

5.80

637.55

9,182.65

2,002.38

10,800.96

Deprivation Index (quintiles)

  I

2,516

20.00

417.76

7,806.33

2,278.88

9,744.27

  II

2,614

20.78

457.46

7,187.08

2,078.35

8,955.19

  III

2,418

19.22

422.28

7,449.98

2,248.47

9,395.27

  IV

2,445

19.44

369.28

7,695.16

2,572.96

9,956.93

  V

2,587

20.56

340.08

7,979.30

2,409.76

10,025.87

Co-morbidities

  None

7,421

58.99

419.96

7,785.99

2,140.01

9,605.12

  1

3,049

24.24

391.94

7,340.02

2,186.26

9,204.86

  2

1,526

12.13

369.89

7,223.88

2,613.24

9,549.07

  3+

584

4.64

354.67

7,357.32

3,967.09

10,931.86

Overall

12,580

 

414.7

8,780.2

2,351.7

10,970.1