Table 3 Descriptive statistics of the health care utilization 6 months before death for all people dying from colorectal cancer, and divided between those never married, married and previously married. Numbers are presented as mean (SD), and p-values are based on univariate regressions (same regressions as used in Table 4, without controlling for covariates)
All | Never married | Married | Previously married | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 7695 | n = 735 | n = 3601 | n = 3359 | ||||||||
No | SD | No | SD | No | SD | p-valuesa | No | SD | p-valuesa | ||
Living arrangementsb | |||||||||||
Home | 121.30 | (60.54) | 111.14 | (64.41) | rc | 139.49 | (45.84) | *** | 104.03 | (67.55) | ** |
Long term institutions | 27.39 | (61.33) | 36.25 | (68.41) | rc | 10.11 | (38.56) | *** | 43.97 | (73.41) | ** |
Short term institutions | 16.43 | (30.15) | 17.62 | (31.42) | rc | 12.55 | (26.72) | *** | 20.32 | (32.71) | * |
Hospital | 21.56 | (19.60) | 22.78 | (21.20) | rc | 23.65 | (19.69) | *** | 19.06 | (18.84) | *** |
Secondary care | |||||||||||
Inpatient stays | 3.50 | (4.09) | 3.79 | (5.59) | rc | 3.93 | (4.35) | 2.96 | (3.28) | *** | |
Outpatient consultations | 7.82 | (9.57) | 8.20 | (10.85) | rc | 10.14 | (10.26) | *** | 5.25 | (7.67) | *** |
Primary care | |||||||||||
General practitioner | 11.81 | (10.68) | 10.64 | (10.52) | rc | 12.63 | (10.83) | *** | 11.19 | (10.48) | |
Energency care contacts | 1.53 | (2.06) | 1.51 | (2.26) | rc | 1.45 | (2.07) | 1.62 | (2.01) | * | |
Home- and community-based care | |||||||||||
Practical assistance (hours) | 10.27 | (79.02) | 37.05 | (218.29) | rc | 2.94 | (28.70) | *** | 12.27 | (52.83) | ** |
Nursing assistance (hours) | 52.69 | (133.73) | 56.88 | (121.76) | rc | 44.32 | (130.61) | 60.74 | (138.94) | ||
Costs | |||||||||||
Secondary care | 232,447 | (187,091) | 245,246 | (209,030) | rc | 269,729 | (190,046) | ** | 189,678 | (169,036) | *** |
Primary care | 11,553 | (12,490) | 10,790 | (13,758) | rc | 12,553 | (13,675) | ** | 10,601 | (10,653) | |
Home- and community-based care | 155,360 | (205,652) | 196,504 | (239,295) | rc | 89,773 | (154,204) | *** | 216,669 | (223,944) | * |
Total costs | 399,340 | (233,946) | 452,541 | (279,106) | rc | 372,055 | (220,491) | *** | 416,948 | (233,507) | ** |