Table 3.

Clinical Outcomes

Outcome	Hospital Care		Early Discharge		All Patients		P
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Duration of fever (admission for T ≤ 99.5°F for 24 hours)
Median	3		3		3		.94
Mean	3.2		3.4		3.3
Range	0-13		1-14		0-14
Duration of neutropenia (initial admission for ANC ≥ 500/μL)
Median	4		4		4		.80
Mean	4.1		4.2		4.1
Range	1-10		1-15		1-15
Duration of fever and neutropenia (admission for T ≤ 99.5°F for 24 hours, ANC ≥ 500/μL, and resolution of all medical problems)
Median	4		4		4		.70
Mean	4.6		4.5		4.6
Range	2-13		1-15		1-15
Antibiotics changed after random assignment	16	24	4	9	20	18	.04
Hospital readmission	—		4	9			—
Major medical complications
Hypotension	5	8	3	6	8	8
Other (anal pain)	1	1	1	2	2	2
Any major complication	5	8	4	9	9	8	.56*

Abbreviations: ANC, absolute neutrophil count; T, temperature.

^*One-sided test.