Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Management Strategies for Patients with Solitary Pulmonary Nodules

Appendix (Figure 8). Average monthly Medicare expenditures for 1207 patients with surgically treated, T1N0M0 lung cancer ( ); 1954 patients with surgically staged, regional lung cancer ( ); and 10 835 patients with distant lung cancer ( ), from the linked Medicare claims–Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results tumor registry database. SPN = solitary pulmonary nodule.
Appendix (Figure 8). Average monthly Medicare expenditures for 1207 patients with surgically treated, T1N0M0 lung cancer ( ); 1954 patients with surgically staged, regional lung cancer ( ); and 10 835 patients with distant lung cancer ( ), from the linked Medicare claims–Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results tumor registry database. SPN = solitary pulmonary nodule. Health care costs for patients with malignant pulmonary nodules.black circlesblack squaresblack triangles

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