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Table 2 Characteristics of 18 patients receiving RI-HSCT

From: Cost utility analysis of reduced intensity hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in adolescence and young adult with severe thalassemia compared to hypertransfusion and iron chelation program

         Variable

N (%)

Demographic characteristic

Age, years

  Mean + SD

13.7 + 2.7

  Range

9 – 18

Female sex

11 (61.1)

Health Insurance

  CSMBS

7 (38.9)

  UC

6 (33.3)

  Out-of-pocket

4 (22.2)

  Others

1 (5.6)

Education

  Lower than primary school

3 (16.7)

  Primary school

1 (5.6)

  Secondary school

7 (38.9)

  College

2 (11.1)

  Undergraduate school

5 (27.7)

Transplant characteristic

Thalassemia type

  homozygous beta-thalassemia

5 (27.8)

  homozygous beta-thalassemia/ Hemoglobin E

13 (72.2)

Stem cell source

  PBSC

18 (100)

Number of Donor

  Mean + SD

1.3 + 0.6

  Range

1 – 3

  1. CSMBS: Civil servant medical benefit scheme; UC: Universal coverage; PBSC: Peripheral blood stem cell.