Table 2.
Complications stratified by type of chemotherapy received.
| Standard | Intraperitoneal | Dose Dense | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients hospitalized | 880 | (21.3) | 298 | (34.7) | 226 | (25.2) | <0.001 |
| Number of hospitalizations | 1,352 | – | 479 | – | 313 | – | – |
| Hospitalization per patient (median, IQR) | 1 | (1–2) | 1 | (1–2) | 1 | (1–2) | 0.046 |
| Hospitalization per Patient | <0.001 | ||||||
| 0 | 3,255 | (78.7) | 561 | (65.3) | 672 | (74.8) | |
| 1 | 621 | (15.0) | 190 | (22.1) | 165 | (18.4) | |
| ≥2 | 259 | (6.3) | 108 | (12.6) | 61 | (6.8) | |
| Patients with emergency department visits | 756 | (18.3) | 226 | (26.3) | 182 | (20.3) | <0.001 |
| Number of emergency department visits | 1,173 | – | 391 | – | 374 | – | – |
| Emergency department visits per patient (median, IQR) | 1 | (1–2) | 1 | (1–2) | 1 | (1–2) | 0.06 |
| Emergency department visits per patient | <0.001 | ||||||
| 0 | 3,379 | (81.7) | 633 | (73.7) | 716 | (79.7) | |
| 1 | 533 | (12.9) | 153 | (17.8) | 114 | (12.7) | |
| ≥2 | 223 | (5.4) | 73 | (8.5) | 68 | (7.6) | |
| Cost per Patients for Hospitalizations1 | $6,353 | ($5,790–$6,917) | $7,974 | ($6,804–$9,144) | $7,516 | ($6,202–$8,831) | 0.03 |
1
Costs were winsorized with values <5th percentile reported at the 5th percentile and costs >95th percentile reported at the 95th percentile and reported in 2013 dollars.
Outcomes were compared using χ2 tests.