Fig 1.
Data sources and date coverage.
NSWCR: New South Wales Cancer Registry; MBS: Medicare Benefits Schedule; PBS: Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; RBDM: Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Fig 2.
Cohort selection flow diagram.
DVA: Department of Veterans’ Affairs; NSWCR: New South Wales Cancer Registry.
Table 1.
Characteristics of eligible lung cancer cases diagnosed 2006–2013, corresponding population proportions, proportions survived >1 year and “average case” costs.
Fig 3.
Monthly excess costs by source, relative to diagnosis, for eligible incident lung cancer cases diagnosed 2006–2013.
In 2013 Australian dollars, for cases alive at the start of each month.
Fig 4.
Monthly excess costs by source at the end of life, for eligible incident lung cancer cases diagnosed 2006–2013 who died to June 2016.
In 2013 Australian dollars.
Fig 5.
Excess costs by phase of care and source, for eligible incident lung cancer cases diagnosed 2006–2013, in 2013 Australian dollars.