Table 3.
Mean healthcare costs (US$) per patient and PPPM during the entire follow-up by maximum LOT received and cost category.
| All Patients (N = 1,873) |
No Chemotherapy (n = 1,035) |
LOT1 Only (n = 514) |
LOT1 & LOT2 Only (n = 209) |
LOT3+ (n = 115) |
P-value, LOT3+ vs No Chemotherapy |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median follow-up time, months | 7.4 | 3.7 | 11.8 | 16.1 | 27.0 | – |
| Mean costs, $ (%) | 82,912 (100) | 57,208 (100) | 99,213 (100) | 125,190 (100) | 163,884 (100) | < .001 |
| Inpatient | 43,990 (53) | 36,839 (64) | 51,166 (52) | 54,646 (44) | 56,713 (35) | < .001 |
| Physician | 21,426 (26) | 10,087 (18) | 26,754 (27) | 40,872 (33) | 64,023 (39) | < .001 |
| Outpatient | 9,189 (11) | 3,367 (6) | 12,151 (12) | 19,175 (15) | 30,053 (18) | < .001 |
| Home health | 2,631 (3) | 2,042 (4) | 3,254 (3) | 2,997 (2) | 4,470 (3) | < .001 |
| Hospice | 3,208 (4) | 3,624 (6) | 2,319 (2) | 3,260 (3) | 3,348 (2) | .185 |
| Durable medical equipment | 1,117 (1) | 550 (1) | 1,765 (2) | 1,695 (1) | 2,252 (1) | < .001 |
| Prescription drugs | 1,351 (2) | 698 (1) | 1,803 (2) | 2,545 (2) | 3,025 (2) | < .001 |
| Mean costs PPPM, $ (%) | 18,827 (100) | 27,211 (100) | 9,601 (100) | 7,325 (100) | 6,017 (100) | < .001 |
| Inpatient | 12,275 (65) | 18,626 (68) | 5,497 (57) | 3,323 (45) | 2,057 (34) | < .001 |
| Physician | 3,910 (21) | 5,165 (19) | 2,360 (25) | 2,412 (33) | 2,348 (39) | .611 |
| Outpatient | 1,051 (6) | 1054 (4) | 1,027 (11) | 1,053 (14) | 1,131 (19) | < .001 |
| Home health | 434 (2) | 602 (2) | 266 (3) | 166 (2) | 169 (3) | .341 |
| Hospice | 719 (4) | 1,128 (4) | 245 (3) | 193 (3) | 135 (2) | < .001 |
| Durable medical equipment | 118 (1) | 142 (1) | 99 (1) | 67 (1) | 79 (1) | < .001 |
| Prescription drugs | 320 (2) | 494 (2) | 107 (1) | 111 (2) | 98 (2) | .072 |
Abbreviations. LOT, line of therapy; PPPM, per patient per month.