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. 2014 May;7(3):140–149.

Table 3.

Healthcare Expenditures, by Index Cohort

Total healthcare expenditures All patients (N = 2272) Patients who received temozolomide only (N = 89) Patients who received radiation therapy only (N = 313) Patients who received temozolomide and radiation therapy (N = 841) Patients who did not receive temozolomide or radiation therapy (N = 1029)
Mean, $ SD, $ Mean, $ SD, $ Mean, $ SD, $ Mean, $ SD, $ Mean, $ SD, $
Expenditures in the 6 months preindex surgery
Total healthcare expenditures 11,949 17,609 12,850 15,636 11,564 17,550 12,320 19,873 11,686 15,735
Total inpatient 5368 14,133 6108 11,833 5265 13,835 6403 16,225 4490 12,424
Total outpatient 5548 7288 5873 8122 5207 6660 5005 7857 6067 6874
  Emergency department 346 1299 283 579 237 649 361 1394 373 1407
  Outpatient, hospital 2748 5231 2838 6020 2414 3859 2533 5799 3019 5021
  Outpatient, office visits 547 463 417 471 539 444 451 396 639 499
  Other outpatient 1906 3726 2335 4586 2016 4111 1661 3828 2036 3418
Total retail/mail-order pharmacy expenditures (all drugs) 1034 1578 869 1177 1093 1528 912 1242 1129 1840
 Antiemetics 4 52 1 4 10 87 4 43 4 46
 Cancer therapies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Neutropenia-related 3 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 217
 Painkillers 35 253 24 76 32 141 27 231 43 302
Expenditures in the 6 months postindex surgery
Total healthcare expenditures 106,896 97,678 111,066 108,664 111,456 84,701 138,767 76,627 79,099 107,140
Total inpatient 61,423 81,688 72,041 50 56,634 67,477 59,121 57,768 63,843 98,632
Total outpatient 36,109 38,660 22,895 25,786 52,063 39,975 58,860 37,701 13,804 24,174
 Emergency department 525 1643 523 915 507 1239 680 1668 403 1767
 Outpatient, hospital 21,602 32,426 13,488 21,868 30,963 36,302 38,047 38,144 6016 14,008
 Outpatient, office visits 831 1039 1052 1937 901 1309 1211 1084 479 578
 Other outpatient 13,151 22,518 7832 12,280 19,691 25,540 18,923 25,266 6905 17,490
Total retail/mail-order pharmacy expenditures (all drugs) 9364 11,323 16,130 9479 2759 3840 20,786 9590 1452 3046
 Antiemetics 431 1110 549 862 400 1266 905 1453 44 335
 Cancer therapies 7057 9757 13,555 7710 586 2100 17,204 8116 170 1396
 Neutropenia-related 38 532 19 179 31 411 71 747 16 337
 Painkillers 43 161 36 145 52 168 42 125 40 185
Expenditures in the 12 months postindex surgery
Total healthcare expenditures 131,815 121,379 134,512 115,938 131,869 101,065 184,107 112,929 88,827 117,423
Total inpatient 68,645 90,003 74,465 102,251 63,385 73,947 71,487 73,371 67,419 104,511
Total outpatient 49,212 58,986 35,427 43,706 63,124 48,980 82,750 68,286 18,763 32,572
  Emergency department 732 1943 815 1421 723 1583 965 2032 538 1988
  Outpatient, hospital 29,128 48,770 18,110 28,083 38,082 45,189 52,060 64,125 8615 17,910
  Outpatient, office visits 1306 1567 1547 2564 1363 1724 1883 1782 796 911
  Other outpatient 18,046 30,249 14,955 29,688 22,956 27,190 27,841 36,118 8814 21,993
Total retail/mail-order pharmacy expenditures (all drugs) 13,957 17,723 24,621 19,657 5360 8504 29,870 17,173 2645 5502
 Antiemetics 575 1495 715 1158 578 1892 1190 1911 59 421
 Cancer therapies 10,059 14,915 20,349 14,691 1529 5482 23,962 14,533 402 2905
 Neutropenia-related 96 1296 249 1694 84 1312 181 1856 16 337
 Painkillers 78 380 49 212 87 316 89 424 68 371

SD indicates standard deviation.