Association between depression and healthcare expenditures among elderly cancer patients

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Characteristics of elderly cancer patients by depression status

Characteristics	Without Depression		With Depression
Characteristics	N	Wt%	N	Wt%
Total	582	82.3	128	17.7
Predisposing
Year of cancer diagnosis
2007–2009	317	83.9	63	16.1
2010–2012	265	80.7	65	19.3
Gender
Female	234	79.5	56	20.5
Male	348	84.2	72	15.8
Age
65–74	177	79.4	48	20.6
75 and over	405	84	80	16
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	520	82.9	112	17.1
Other	62	76.8	16	23.2
Enabling
Marital status
Married	349	82.8	75	17.2
Other	233	81.2	53	18.8
Educational attainment
Less than high school	114	77.9	34	22.1
High school	213	85.3	39	14.7
Greater than high school	255	81.8	55	18.2
Poverty status
LT 200% FPL	435	84.8	79	15.2
GE 200% FPL	147	74.8	47	25.2
Supplemental insurance**
Private insurance with Rx	237	83.1	51	16.9
Public insurance with Rx	53	64.2	27	35.8
Medical Insurance only	259	86.1	42	13.9
Other	33	81.9	8	18.1
Need
Cancer site
Breast	208	80.8	44	19.2
Lung	67	80.6	19	19.4
Prostate	307	83.7	64	16.3
Perceived health status***
Excellent/very good/Good	475	86.4	75	13.6
Fair/poor	107	67.3	53	32.7
Functional status limitation***
None	426	84.9	78	15.1
≥ 1	156	64.3	50	35.7
Number of comorbid health conditions**
None or 1	195	88.9	28	11.1
> 1	387	79.1	100	20.9
Personal health practices and use of health services
Smoking Status
Current	38	77.9	11	22.1
Past	319	79.9	76	20.1
Never	225	86.6	41	13.4
BMI
Underweight/normal	206	80.4	54	19.6
Overweight	258	83.7	49	16.3
Obese/morbid obese	118	82.5	25	17.5
External Environment
Metro status
Metropolitan	414	82.5	87	17.5
Non-Metropolitan	168	81.5	41	18.5

***P < .001, **.001 ≤ P < .01, *.01 ≤ P < .05
Note: Wt% Weighted percentage, LT less than, GE greater than or equal to, FPL federal poverty level, Rx prescription coverage, BMI body mass index

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