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. 2019 Oct 22;4(3):439–447. doi: 10.1007/s41669-019-00185-8

Table 2.

All-cause healthcare resource utilization and costs (per patient per year)

Resources and costs Pre-index period (nmCRPC) Post-index period (mCRPC) P value
Healthcare resource
 Total medical and pharmacy claims 63.79 ± 31.45 119.95 ± 49.41 < 0.0001
 Pharmacy claims 31.12 ± 20.97 50.05 ± 26.39 < 0.0001
 Inpatient admissions 0.20 ± 0.36 1.35 ± 1.79 < 0.0001
 Office visits 11.69 ± 5.87 21.03 ± 10.28 < 0.0001
 ED visits 0.63 ± 1.55 1.56 ± 2.38 < 0.0001
 Outpatient services 20.14 ± 12.15 45.95 ± 28.03 < 0.0001
 Total length of inpatient stay (in days) 0.94 ± 2.58 6.80 ± 17.44 < 0.0001
Healthcare costs
 Total medical and pharmacy 35,102.55 ± 39,524.11 156,499.89 ± 105,581.14 < 0.0001
 Pharmacy 7942.49 ± 11,590.16 41,458.79 ± 38,327.74 < 0.0001
 Inpatient admissions 5288.90 ± 23,822.33 26,749.69 ± 62,366.92 < 0.0001
 Office visits 1341.07 ± 988.47 2978.89 ± 6442.89 < 0.0001
 ED visits 473.27 ± 1127.86 1490.45 ± 4717.63 0.0005
 Outpatient services 20,056.82 ± 24,039.01 83,822.08 ± 88,066.36 < 0.0001

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise indicated. Costs are standardized to $US, year 2015 values

ED emergency department, mCRPC metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, nmCRPC nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer