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Table 4 Out-of-pocket expenditure on necessities matters, by extent of financial burden (USD)

From: Understanding out-of-pocket spending and financial hardship among patients who succumb to cancer and their caregivers

 

No burden

Minor burden

Heavy burden

Private caregiver

6277.964 (± 6509.04)

[5006.068]

6367.315 (± 8926.5)

[7584.951]

8941.93 (± 7410.62)

[6674.757]

Private nurse

591.6262 (± 388.143)

[197.2087]

907.4363 (± 2227.54)

[667.4757]

5153.101 (± 6513.61)

[1516.990]

Medications

2449.724 (± 3925.86)

[834.3447]

7205.704 (± 10,542.4)

[1820.388

11,144.21 (± 8470.69)

[3033.981

  1. The numbers in parentheses (the first row) represent the standard deviation. The numbers in square brackets (second row) present the median