Table 2.

Clinical Characteristics at Presentation

Characteristic	Hospital Care		Early Discharge		All Patients		P
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Cancer diagnosis							.61
Acute leukemia	6	9	7	15	13	12
Lymphoma	13	20	13	28	26	23
Breast cancer	16	24	13	28	29	26
Sarcoma	9	14	4	9	13	12
Lung cancer	6	9	3	6	9	8
Other	16	24	7	15	23	20
Fever (maximum inpatient in initial 24 hours), °F							.90
Median	101.4		101.4		101.4
Range	98.6-106.0		98.8-104.3		98.8-104.3
WBC per microliter							.34
Median	0.7		0.8		0.7
Range	0.1-8.1		0.1-32.0		0.1-32.0
ANC × 103/μL							.13
Median	57		100		100
Range	0-980		0-600		0-980
Platelets × 103/μL							.88
Median	89		97		91
Range	1-657		8-365		1-657
Hematocrit							.41
Median	29.3		30.6		29.9
Range	9.4-46.8		8.1-42.1		8.1-46.8
Creatinine, mg/dL							.35
Median	0.9		0.8		0.8
Range	0.4-2.0		0.5-1.9		0.4-2.0
Chest x-ray on admission							.42
Normal	48	74	36	78	84	76
Stable/improved	11	17	4	9	15	14
Other	6	9	6	13	12	11
Unknown	1		1		2
No. of days since previous chemotherapy							.89
Median	11		11		11
Range	1-18		2-21		1-21
Use of G-CSF							1.0
Yes	25	38	17	37	42	38
No	41	62	29	63	70	63
Unknown	0		1		1

Abbreviations: ANC, absolute neutrophil count; G-CSF, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.