Table 2.
Costs associated with cetuximab administration by infusion reaction (IR) status
| IRs requiring ER visits or hospitalization (n = 37) |
IRs managed by outpatient treatment (n = 210) |
No IR (n = 7414) |
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| Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | |
| Inpatient ($) | 7954 | 15 154 | 3206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inpatient LOS | 2.14 | 3.08 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ER ($) | 417 | 741 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Outpatient ($) | 7323 | 4329 | 6047 | 7099 | 5430 | 5986 | 4520 | 2976 | 3785 |
| Prescription ($) | 36 | 87 | 0 | 107 | 377 | 0 | 78 | 396 | 0 |
| Total ($) | 15 729 | 16 429 | 10 521 | 7206 | 5436 | 6019 | 4598 | 3017 | 3851 |
LOS, length of stay; ER, emergency room; SD, standard deviation.