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. 2022 Nov;28(11):10.18553/jmcp.2022.28.11.1261. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2022.28.11.1261

TABLE 1.

Resource Utilization From the COMET-ICE Trial and Corresponding Unit Costs From Administrative Claims Data

From COMET-ICE trial (Step 2)
All patients (%) Placebo Sotrovimab
N = 1,057 (100.0) N = 529 N = 528
Any health care utilization, n (%) 68 (6.4) 46 (8.7) 22 (4.2)
Inpatient (> 24-hour hospitalizations ONLY), n (%) 35 (3.3) 29 (5.5) 6 (1.1)
  No respiratory support or oxygen therapy only, n (%) 27 (77.1) 21 (72.4) 6 (100.0)
    Cumulative LOS in days 176 123 53
  Noninvasive ventilation, n (%) 4 (11.4) 4 (13.8) 0 (0.0)
    Cumulative LOS in days 64 64
  Invasive MV, n (%) 4 (11.4) 4 (13.8) 0 (0.0)
    Cumulative LOS in days 77 77
  ECMO, n (%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
    Cumulative LOS in days N/A
Inpatient (≤ 24-hour hospitalizations ONLY)a, n (%) 1 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.2)
  No respiratory support/oxygen therapy, n (%) 1 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.2)
    Cumulative LOS in days 2 0 2
Outpatient, n (%) 36 (3.4) 20 (3.8) 16 (3.0)
  Emergency department visit, n (%) 15 (1.4) 9 (1.7) 6 (1.1)
    Cumulative number of visits 17 9 8
  Home health care visit, n (%) 1 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.2)
    Cumulative LOS in days 1 1
  Internal medicine/GP, n (%) 8 (0.8) 5 (1.0) 3 (0.6)
    Cumulative number of visits 8 5 3
  Telehealth, n (%) 10 (1.0) 5 (1.0) 5 (1.0)
    Cumulative number of visits 10 5 5
  Urgent care, n (%) 4 (0.4) 2 (0.4) 2 (0.4)
    Cumulative number of visitsb 5 3 2
  Other, n (%) 3 (0.3) 2 (0.4) 1 (0.2)
    Cumulative number of visitsc 3 1 2
    Cumulative number of visitsd 1 1 0
From claims (Step 1)
Unit cost per resource use
Main Sensitivity 1 Sensitivity 2 Sensitivity 3
Overall mean Commercial mean Overall mean Commercial mean
Any health care utilization
Inpatient (> 24-hour hospitalizations ONLY)
  No respiratory support or oxygen therapy only
    Cumulative LOS in days $4,831/day $5,032/day $4,103/day $4,291/day
  Noninvasive ventilation
    Cumulative LOS in days $6,067/day $6,067/day $3,837/day $3,837/day
  Invasive MV
    Cumulative LOS in days $6,660/day $7,145/day $5,963/day $6,236/day
  ECMO
    Cumulative LOS in days N/A
Inpatient (≤24-hour hospitalizations ONLY)a
  No respiratory support/oxygen therapy
    Cumulative LOS in days $4,831/day $5,032/day $4,103/day $4,291/day
Outpatient
  Emergency department visit
    Cumulative number of visits $1,197/visit $1,212/visit $945/visit $983/visit
  Home health care visit
    Cumulative LOS in days $372/day $301/day $132/day $137/day
  Internal medicine/GP
    Cumulative number of visits $110/visit $110/visit $92/visit $92/visit
  Telehealth
    Cumulative number of visits $110/visit $111/visit $92/visit $93/visit
  Urgent care
    Cumulative number of visitsb $110/visit $110/visit $92/visit $92/visit
  Other
    Cumulative number of visitsc $110/visit $110/visit $92/visit $92/visit
    Cumulative number of visitsd $110/visit $111/visit $92/visit $93/visit

a One participant in the treatment group had a ≤ 24-hour hospitalization. The cost of that hospitalization was not included in the primary objective results but was included in the secondary objective results (total costs). That participant had 2 consecutive days flagged as “in hospital” in the day-level status file, but the summary data suggested the participant was in the hospital for 1 day and ≤ 24 hours. Because 2 separate consecutive days were flagged as inpatient, the cost of that hospitalization for this participant was included as 2 × unit cost per day for consistency in method used to compute hospitalization costs.

b Procedure codes for urgent care visits were included in the unit costs for office visits; therefore, office visit unit costs were used.

c Other outpatient included “CXR done,” “EMS visit to house,” and “pulmonologist” (applied office visit unit cost for all 3 visits).

d Other outpatient included “speaking with pulmonologist” (applied telehealth unit cost).

COMET-ICE = COVID-19 Monoclonal antibody Efficacy Trial-Intent to Care Early; CXR = chest X-ray; ECMO = extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; EMS = emergency medical services; GP = general practitioner; LOS = length of stay; MV = mechanical ventilation; N/A = not applicable.