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Table 2 End-of-life care expenditures per patient

From: Trajectories of end-of-life medical and long-term care expenditures for older adults in Japan: retrospective longitudinal study using a large-scale linked database of medical and long-term care claims

 

Average

SD

Minimum

Maximum

Expenditures per patient for the 60 months before death (US$)

 Total of medical and long-term care

135,851

101,556

40

828,497

 Total of medical

87,532

83,236

40

806,578

  Inpatient

61,925

73,408

40

806,578

  Outpatient

25,607

35,118

0

563,884

 Total of Long-term care

48,319

68,987

0

314,912

  Institutional care

27,217

62,139

0

314,912

  Home care

21,102

37,942

0

277,091

Expenditures per patient for the 12 months before death (US$)

 Total of medical and long-term care

50,731

31,580

40

463,663

 Total of medical

38,054

32,692

40

463,663

  Inpatient

31,302

31,938

40

460,031

  Outpatient

6752

9650

0

149,329

 Total of Long-term care

12,677

16,339

0

66,040

  Institutional care

5418

9967

0

60,938

  Home care

7259

15,301

0

66,040

  1. SD standard deviation