Research Article
The Association between Charlson Comorbidity Index and the Medical Care Cost of Cancer: A Retrospective Study
Table 1
General characteristics and demographics of patients treated for breast, colon, stomach, and lung cancers over the study period.
| | Cancer | Breast | Colon | Stomach | Lung | | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Total | 287 | 272 | 614 | 391 | | Age | | | | | | ≤49 years | 145 (50.5) | 44 (16.2) | 130 (21.2) | 46 (11.8) | | 50–59 years | 83 (28.9) | 65 (23.9) | 148 (24.1) | 108 (27.6) | | 60–69 years | 48 (16.7) | 86 (31.6) | 207 (33.7) | 168 (43.0) | | ≥70 years | 11 (3.8) | 77 (28.3) | 129 (21.0) | 69 (17.6) | | Sex | | | | | | Female | 287 (100.0) | 120 (44.1) | 184 (30.0) | 101 (25.8) | | Male | 0 (0.0) | 152 (55.9) | 430 (70.0) | 290 (74.2) | | Stage | | | | | | None | 2 (0.7) | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | | 1 | 115 (40.1) | 47 (17.3) | 297 (61.6) | 205 (52.5) | | 2 | 116 (40.4) | 93 (34.3) | 69 (14.3) | 76 (19.4) | | 3 | 51 (17.8) | 78 (28.8) | 61 (12.7) | 110 (28.1) | | 4 | 3 (1.0) | 53 (19.6) | 54 (11.2) | 0 (0.0) | | CCI score | | | | | | 0 | 134 (46.7) | 33 (12.1) | 123 (20.0) | 269 (68.8) | | 1 | 76 (26.5) | 52 (19.1) | 142 (23.1) | 86 (22.0) | | 2 | 48 (16.7) | 52 (19.1) | 165 (26.9) | 0 (0.0) | | 3+ | 29 (10.1) | 135 (49.6) | 184 (30.0) | 36 (9.2) | | Average medical care cost (won) | 5,143,328 | 9,568,920 | 7,941,467 | 4,346,660 | | Average length of stay (days) | 24.4 | 22.6 | 23.6 | 17.4 |
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