Lung Cancer in Homeless People: Clinical Outcomes and Cost Analysis in a Single Institute

Table 2

Costs related to hospitalization and outpatient clinic visits ().

Subjects	Median	Range
Initial hospitalization
Duration (days)	29	7–67
Total cost	8,619	2,295–27,839
Cost not covered by NHIS	1,575	338–7,040
Outpatient visits
Number of days	2	0–33
Total cost	949	19–5,916
Cost not covered by NHIS	192	0–1,920
Further hospitalization
Duration (days)	0	0–26
Total cost	0	0–6,435
Cost not covered by NHIS	0	0–1,622
Total cost	12,513	4,280–27,858

Costs that were not reimbursed by the National Health Insurance Service were paid by the homeless shelter or by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Cost is stated in US dollars.
NHIS, the National Health Insurance Service.