Table 3.
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) | |||||
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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.