Table 2.
Healthcare resource utilization (Main Analysis)
|
Patients |
Breast cancer |
Prostate cancer |
|---|---|---|
| n=207 | n=213 | |
|
Visits | ||
| Visits by REOC* | ||
| Mean (SD) number of visits |
13 (5.8) |
13 (5.8) |
| Median number of visits |
13 |
14 |
| % visits with radiation |
72.9 |
71.7 |
|
Procedures | ||
| Bone sites radiated by REOC | ||
| Patient count |
207 |
213 |
| Total |
4607 |
4739 |
| Mean (SD) |
20.9 (12) |
20.3 (12) |
| Median (range) |
19 (1–49) |
17 (1–58) |
| Radiation-related procedures† | ||
| Patient count |
203 |
212 |
| Total procedures |
1843 |
1984 |
| Mean (SD) procedures |
8.4 (3) |
8.5 (4) |
| Median (range) procedures |
8 (1–23) |
8 (1–32) |
| Radiation+radiation-related procedures | ||
| Patient count |
207 |
213 |
| Total procedures |
6450 |
6723 |
| Mean (SD) procedures |
29.3 (13) |
28.9 (13) |
| Median (range) procedures | 28 (1–66) | 26 (1–76) |
* A visit was a unique treatment or consultation. A patient could have multiple visits in a day.
Total resources used from the time of initial bone treatment through the end of the study period.
† Radiation treatment included the actual delivery of radiotherapy, as well as the most commonly observed, associated procedures on the same visit, patient record: medical radiation physics consultation, computed tomography guidance for placement, and radiation calculations. Radiation-related procedures were all other procedures including: treatment devices, design and construction, complex (CPT/HCPCS code 77334); therapeutic radiology simulation-aided field setting, 3-dimensional (CPT/HCPCS code 77295); therapeutic radiology simulation-aided field setting, simple (CPT/HCPCS code 77280); and special dosimetry, when prescribed by the treating physician (CPT/HCPCS code 77331).