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

Table 3

Cost comparison between early stage and advanced stage disease ().

Subjects	Early stage ()	Advanced stage ()
	Median (range)	Median (range)
Total cost	14,153 (8,299–20,283)	11,100 (4,280–27,858)
Admission
Duration (days)	34 (10–46)	34 (18–67)
Cost	12,567 (6,700–20,142)	8,619 (4,233–27,839)
Room and board	2,674 (1,756–3,102)	2,466 (1,201–6,757)
Pharmacy	688 (639–852)	1,111 (295–6,052)
Laboratory	1,730 (1,536–3,801)	2,096 (545–6,917)
Radiation therapy	0 (0)	0 (0–1,418)
Operation/procedure	3,427 (184–4,994)	289 (0–4,947)
Others	4,090 (2,372–7,523)	2,613 (1,838–7,207)
Outpatient visits
Number of visits	11 (3–17)	0 (0–33)
Cost	1,274 (140–2,221)	52 (0–5,916)

Cost is stated in US dollars. None of the comparisons reached statistical significance.