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. 2019 Sep 30;7(2):164–175. doi: 10.1093/nop/npz042

Table 3.

Cumulative Per-Patient and PPPM Costs in US$ (% Total) in the Pre-, Peri, and Postdiagnosis Periods

Cost Category Prediagnosis Peridiagnosis >Postdiagnosis
All Patients (n = 4308) All Patients (n = 4308) No Cancer-Related Treatment (n = 949) Radiation Therapy Alone (n = 1188) 1L+ (n = 2171) 2L+ (n = 712) 3L+ (n = 183)
Cost % Cost % Cost % Cost % Cost % Cost % Cost %
Cumulative Costs
Total costs $4887 100 $3505 100 $50 072 100 $79 009 100 $124 138 100 $165 801 100 $208 665 100
 Inpatient $2036 42 $2101 60 $40 668 81 $55 414 70 $61 583 50 $67 230 41 $74 987 36
 Outpatient $736 15 $373 11 $765 2 $6370 8 $22 334 18 $41 580 25 $65 496 31
 Physician $1028 21 $555 16 $2877 6 $7491 9 $13 159 11 $19 195 12 $23 050 11
 DME $128 3 $49 1 $184 0 $533 1 $13 106 11 $20 256 12 $25 789 12
 Hospice $0 0 $0 0 $4373 9 $6096 8 $6617 5 $7260 4 $5695 3
 Home health $178 4 $116 3 $668 1 $2412 3 $4470 4 $5729 3 $6136 3
Prescription drugs $782 16 $311 9 $537 1 $692 1 $2870 2 $4552 3 $7511 4
PPPM Costs
 Total costs $543 100 $1168 100 $21 617 100 $17 760 100 $13 041 100 $9821 100 $8332 100
 Inpatient $226 44 $700 60 $18 217 84 $13 631 77 $7396 57 $4229 43 $3290 39
 Outpatient $82 14 $124 11 $293 1 $1108 6 $1798 14 $2238 23 $2617 31
 Physician $114 23 $185 16 $1231 6 $1445 8 $1341 10 $1301 13 $1162 14
 DME $14 3 $16 1 $74 0 $109 0 $1266 10 $1128 11 $1003 12
 Hospice $0 0 $0 0 $1978 9 $1020 6 $604 5 $394 4 $247 3
 Home health $20 4 $39 3 $190 1 $379 2 $461 4 $355 4 $282 3
Prescription drugs $87 12 $104 9 $121 1 $68 0 $175 1 $177 2 $232 3

Abbreviations: 1L, first line; 2L, second line; 3L, third line; DME, durable medical equipment; PPPM, per-patient-per-month.