Table 5.
Health care resource use related to metastatic SCCHN, overall
| During systemic therapy, N = 220 (100.0%) | For supportive care after end of last systemic therapy, n = 164 (74.5%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Number (%) of patients | ||
| Outpatient office visitsa | 154 (70.0) | 83 (50.6) |
| Outpatient hospital clinic or cancer centre visits | 77 (35.0) | 60 (36.6) |
| ED visits | 45 (20.5) | 23 (14.0) |
| Palliative care visits in outpatientb, community health service, or home settings | 98 (44.6) | 59 (36.0) |
| Hospitalisations (overnight or day admissions excluding ED visits) | 59 (26.8) | 14 (8.5) |
| Hospice, long‐term care, or other end‐of‐life/palliative care services | 18 (8.2) | 31 (18.9) |
| Mean (SD) number of visits (among patients with any visits) | ||
| Outpatient office visitsa | 24.8 (13.7) | 3.4 (2.4) |
| Outpatient hospital clinic or cancer centre visits | 7.9 (6.1) | 3.3 (2.5) |
| ED visits | 1.8 (1.2) | 1.4 (0.8) |
| Palliative care visits in outpatientb, community health service, or home settings | 3.8 (3.0) | 3.1 (2.0) |
| Hospitalisations (overnight or day admissions excluding ED visits) | 2.9 (2.8) | 1.1 (0.3) |
| Hospice, long‐term care, or other end‐of‐life/palliative care services | 1.2 (0.4) | 1.6 (0.6) |
ED: emergency department; SCCHN: squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck; SD: standard deviation.
a
Outpatient office visits included visits/consults at the responding physician's office, with a general practitioner, or at a free‐standing oncology clinic.
b
Outpatient palliative care visit settings excluded those settings already captured (i.e., visits to the responding physician's office, with a general practitioner, or at a free‐standing oncology clinic, hospital clinic, or cancer centre).