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. 2016 Jul 15;5:212297. doi: 10.7573/dic.212297

Table 3.

Health resurce utilization.

Laboratory monitoring (monthly frequency of testing)
N+I [source] D+T [source]
Renal 2.09 1
Hepatic 2.09 1
Complete blood count 0 1
Thyroid 2.09 0
Electrolyte 0 1
Other HRUs N+I [source] D+T [source]
PICC lines per regimen 1* N/A
Infusions/month 2.1 N/A
MD visits/month 2.1** 0***
Infusion time 1.0 Hr; nivolumab [16]
1.5 Hr; ipilimumab [17]
N/A
Wait time between infusions 30 min N/A
Time lost for travel to infusion clinic 1.0 h [20] N/A
Time lost for travel to pharmacy and wait time for filling prescription N/A 0.35 h [21,23]

Assumption.

*

Assumed one PICC line per patient for the full course of therapy.

**

Assumed one MD visit for each infusion.

***

Assumed one MD visit assumed for D+T for the initial prescription.