Table 3.
All-cause healthcare resource utilization and costs
| First-line cohort (all) | First-line cohort (sorafenib) | Second-line cohort (all) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 1459 | N = 1125 | N = 163 | |||||||
| N/mean | %/SD | Median | N/mean | %/SD | Median | N/mean | %/SD | Median | |
| Medical services | |||||||||
| IP admissions | |||||||||
| Patients with any IP admission (N, %) | 626 | 42.9% | 499 | 44.4% | 55 | 33.7% | |||
| No. of IP admissions, PPPMa (mean, SD) | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |||
| IP costs, PPPM (mean, SD, median) | $5605 | $14,887 | $0 | $5705 | $12,561 | $0 | $4635 | $23,174 | $0 |
| ER visits | |||||||||
| Patients with any ER visit (N, %) | 563 | 38.6% | 451 | 40.1% | 33 | 20.3% | |||
| No. of ER visits, PPPM (mean, SD) | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | |||
| ER costs, PPPM (mean, SD, median) | $246 | $1727 | $0 | $206 | $808 | $0 | $121 | $481 | $0 |
| OP services | |||||||||
| Total OP costs, PPPM (mean, SD, median) | $6118 | $11,517 | $2723 | $5067 | $11,681 | $2144 | $11,194 | $18,156 | $5761 |
| Physician office visits | |||||||||
| No. of office visits, PPPM (mean, SD) | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 | |||
| Office visit costs, PPPM (mean, SD, median) | $303 | $506 | $217 | $305 | $533 | $215 | $355 | $840 | $210 |
| Laboratory services | |||||||||
| No. of laboratory services, PPPM (mean, SD) | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 2.4 | |||
| Laboratory costs, PPPM (mean, SD, median) | $401 | $749 | $138 | $328 | $645 | $112 | $419 | $639 | $173 |
| Radiology services | |||||||||
| No. of radiology services, PPPM (mean, SD) | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 3.9 | |||
| Radiology costs, PPPM (mean, SD, median) | $1187 | $3414 | $289 | $1134 | $3512 | $240 | $2187 | $8981 | $414 |
| Other OP services | |||||||||
| No. of other OP services, PPPM (mean, SD) | 4.3 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 7.2 | 8.8 | |||
| Other OP service costs, PPPM (mean, SD, median) | $4227 | $10,195 | $1286 | $3300 | $10,326 | $900 | $8232 | $14,631 | $4037 |
| OP pharmacy | |||||||||
| No. of OP pharmacy claims, PPPM (mean, SD) | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 3.4 | |||
| OP pharmacy costs, PPPM (mean, SD, median) | $6413 | $4728 | $6245 | $7581 | $4006 | $7514 | $3609 | $5252 | $1271 |
| Total medical costsb, PPPM (mean, SD, median) | $11,968 | $19,130 | $5879 | $10,978 | $17,438 | $4973 | $15,950 | $30,179 | $8142 |
| Total healthcare costsc, PPPM (mean, SD, median) | $18,381 | $19,633 | $13,297 | $18,559 | $18,012 | $13,471 | $19,559 | $30,065 | $11,786 |
ER, emergency room; IP, inpatient; OP, outpatient; PPPM, per-patient-per-month; SD, standard deviation
aCounts and expenditures are reported PPPM due to the variable follow-up period
bMedical costs include IP admission costs, ER visit costs, and OP services costs
cHealthcare costs include medical costs and OP pharmacy costs