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Table 1 Distribution of episode costs (in dollars) for each factor variablee

From: Identifying and understanding determinants of high healthcare costs for breast cancer: a quantile regression machine learning approach

  

Actual Episode Expenditures

 

N

Minimum

1st quartile

Median

Mean

3rd quartile

Maximum

Sex

 Female

2923

461.09

2272.80

5278.11

13,879.26

18,920.21

71,185.40

 Male

15

1676.08

3378.14

5310.87

14,962.33

22,495.87

60,645.54

Chemotherapy drugs

 Part B

828

1486.41

17,582.50

30,595.09

33,026.14

48,364.65

71,185.40

 Part D

2110

461.09

1766.81

3270.07

6373.39

6440.57

71,185.40

Surgery

 No

2818

461.09

2214.97

4949.55

13,449.74

18,088.10

71,185.40

 Yes

120

1364.95

9037.30

17,372.43

24,101.19

35,220.38

71,185.40

Insurance

 No PartDa

127

1111.65

14,545.65

24,983.93

28,798.25

42,946.34

71,185.40

 PartD LISb

130

461.09

1989.09

4872.79

15,087.51

20,435.59

71,185.40

 PartD NoLISc

1794

461.09

1888.15

3828.62

11,102.19

12,297.31

71,185.40

 Full duald

887

461.09

3625.93

7926.81

17,201.15

24,179.71

71,185.40

Radiation

 No

2681

461.09

2154.71

4596.04

12,460.25

15,144.30

71,185.40

 Yes

257

1393.47

12,220.82

25,329.08

28,745.46

42,778.24

71,185.40

Trial participation

 No

2923

461.09

2271.26

5260.65

13,869.41

18,975.22

71,185.40

 Yes

15

2273.81

6065.91

16,671.52

16,880.54

18,742.96

48,306.45

Comorbidities

 0

828

461.09

1639.29

3450.09

11,750.76

14,716.46

71,185.40

 1

727

461.09

2179.77

5079.50

12,080.17

14,285.17

71,185.40

 2

469

461.09

2872.91

5500.16

14,587.20

20,551.60

71,185.40

 3

288

461.09

2973.28

7702.07

16,603.32

24,587.09

71,185.40

  ≥ 4

271

469.21

5298.04

13,266.07

19,067.06

27,077.94

71,185.40

 New enrollee

355

461.09

2026.10

5079.58

15,468.37

25,367.09

71,185.40

Chemotherapy clean period

 62–730 days

1235

461.09

1677.36

3147.19

6540.55

6463.20

71,185.40

  > 731 days

657

461.09

2688.89

8603.03

16,839.45

25,329.08

71,185.40

 1–61 days

1046

461.09

3957.41

12,421.50

20,700.20

33,603.99

71,185.40

Institutional status

 Yes

14

3515.99

7298.26

14,258.97

22,597.47

34,961.03

66,192.20

 No

2924

461.09

2271.99

5260.37

13,843.07

18,831.37

71,185.40

  1. Note: aNo PartD means no part D enrollment; bPartD LIS means does not have full Medicaid benefits but does have Part D with low income subsidy; cPartD NoLIS means has Part D enrollment but no low income subsidy; dFull dual means full Medicaid benefits (including Part D and LIS). eAge and HRR relative cost are continuous variables and not included in this table; scatterplots of episode costs versus age and HRR relative cost are shown in Fig. 2
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