| Variable | Initial care | Continuing care | Terminal care | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter estimate (SE) | t value | Parameter estimate (SE) | t value | Parameter estimate (SE) | t value | |
| Intercept | 513.9 (18.4) | 27.8‡ | 292.5 (20.5) | 14.2‡ | 853.2 (91.3) | 9.4‡ |
| Male (v. female) | –26.4 (7.6) | –3.5‡ | –37.8 (8.0) | –4.7‡ | –104.1 (26.4) | –3.9‡ |
| Age group, yr (v. 55–64) | ||||||
| ≤ 45 | –20.1 (20.1) | –1.0 | 14.5 (20.7) | 0.7 | 47.2 (85.5) | 0.6 |
| 45–54 | –9.6 (13.6) | –0.7 | 3.3 (14.0) | 0.24 | 59.9 (55.8) | 1.1 |
| 65–74 | 3.2 (10.6) | 0.3 | 26.9 (11.0) | 2.45§ | –38.5 (41.4) | –0.9 |
| 75–84 | –36.8 (11.1) | –3.3‡ | 44.7 (11.8) | 3.8‡ | 47.5 (40.3) | 1.2 |
| ≥ 85 | –44.6 (15.4) | –2.9§ | 81.8 (17.0) | 4.8‡ | –11.2 (48.8) | –0.2 |
| Income group (v. urban, highest) | ||||||
| Urban, lowest | 57.9 (13.0) | 4.4‡ | 72.9 (13.8) | 5.3‡ | –80.9 (45.5) | –1.8 |
| Urban, second lowest | 54.3 (12.7) | 4.3‡ | 40.6 (13.3) | 3.1§ | –36.6 (45.2) | –0.8 |
| Urban, middle | 42.1 (12.8) | 3.3§ | 26.7 (13.6) | 2.0§ | 40.9 (45.3) | 0.9 |
| Urban, second highest | 28.2 (12.7) | 2.2§ | 21.2 (13.4) | 1.6 | 33.0 (46.0) | 0.7 |
| Rural residents | 21.6 (12.8) | 1.7 | 3.7 (13.5) | 0.3 | –89.7 (45.9) | –2.0 |
| Resource utilization band† (v. highest) | ||||||
| None | 41.0 (40.2) | 1.0 | –18.0 (40.5) | –0.4 | –34.4 (118.8) | –0.3 |
| Healthy user | –87.8 (44.3) | –2.0§ | –133.4 (45.6) | –2.9 | 64.3 (163.5) | 0.4 |
| Low | –95.1 (19.5) | –4.9‡ | –97.0 (20.5) | –4.7‡ | –12.3 (72.1) | –0.2 |
| Moderate | –71.1 (10.5) | –6.8‡ | –92.0 (11.2) | –8.2‡ | –119.7 (34.1) | –3.5‡ |
| High | –36.3 (11.5) | –3.2§ | –77.9 (12.3) | –6.3‡ | –76.6 (37.0) | –2.1§ |
| Stage (v. stage I) | ||||||
| II | 47.4 (13.8) | 3.4‡ | 56.8 (16.2) | 3.5‡ | 69.4 (84.8) | 0.82 |
| III | 55.4 (13.2) | 4.2‡ | 50.6 (15.3) | 3.3‡ | 81.8 (80.7) | 1.01 |
| IV | 155.0 (15.0) | 10.4‡ | 214.0 (17.1) | 12.5‡ | 297.5 (77.2) | 3.9‡ |
| Not staged | 113.1 (13.8) | 8.2‡ | –11.1 (15.6) | –0.7 | 205.2 (76.9) | 2.7§ |
Note: SE = standard error. *Initial phase of care = 180 days after diagnosis, terminal phase = 180 days before death, continuing = interval between initial and terminal phases. †Resource utilization bands categorize patients according to their morbidity and corresponding expected use of health care resources; the bands range from 0 (none) to 5 (highest expected health care costs). See Methods for details. ‡p < 0.001. §p < 0.05.