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Table 3 Overall health care utilization among esSCLC and mNSCLC patients, by tumor type

From: Comparison of demographics, treatment patterns, health care utilization, and costs among elderly patients with extensive-stage small cell and metastatic non-small cell lung cancers

 

Study groups

P value

esSCLC

mNSCLC

(N = 5,855)

(N = 24,090)

Hospitalizations

   

 All cause

   

  Had ≥1 admission, n (%)

5,349 (91.36)

21,351 (88.63)

< 0.001

  Mean (SD) number of admissions

2.56 (2.16)

2.28 (1.96)

0.001

  Mean (SD) total days in hospital

17.79 (17.37)

16.40 (17.34)

< 0.001

 Disease related

   

  Had ≥1 admission, n (%)

3,272 (55.88)

10,825 (44.94)

< 0.001

  Mean (SD) number of admissions

0.91 (1.25)

0.61 (0.86)

< 0.001

  Mean (SD) total days in hospital

7.47 (11.09)

5.40 (9.31)

< 0.001

ER visits

   

 All cause

   

  Had ≥1 visit, n (%)

4,850 (82.84)

19,393 (80.50)

< 0.001

  Mean (SD) number of visits

2.32 (2.38)

2.20 (2.36)

< 0.001

 Disease related

   

  Had ≥1 visit, n (%)

2,295 (39.20)

9,145 (37.96)

0.081

  Mean (SD) number of visits

0.54 (1.05)

0.66 (1.17)

0.003

Office visits

   

 All cause

   

  Had ≥1 visit, n (%)

5,789 (98.87)

23,764 (98.65)

0.172

  Mean (SD) number of visits

44.27 (43.57)

39.18 (43.79)

< 0.001

 Disease-related

   

  Had ≥1 visit, n (%)

5,527 (94.40)

22,915 (95.12)

0.023

  Mean (SD) number of visits

22.93 (31.00)

31.82 (32.93)

< 0.001

Hospital outpatient visits

   

 All cause

   

  Had ≥1 visit, n (%)

5,320 (90.86)

22,018 (91.40)

0.192

  Mean (SD) number of visits

13.05 (16.69)

12.18 (16.78)

< 0.001

 Disease related

   

  Had ≥1 visit, n (%)

4,846 (82.77)

19,881 (82.53)

0.666

  Mean (SD) number of visits

6.47 (11.35)

8.97 (12.65)

< 0.001

Hospice visits

   

 All cause

   

  Had ≥1 visit, n (%)

3,091 (52.79)

12,982 (53.89)

0.131

  Mean (SD) number of visits

1.17 (2.12)

1.30 (2.57)

< 0.001

 Disease related

   

  Had ≥1 visit, n (%)

2,927 (49.99)

12,104 (50.24)

0.728

  Mean (SD) number of visits

1.04 (2.22)

1.10 (2.05)

< 0.001

Skilled nursing facility care

   

 All cause

   

  Had ≥1 visit, n (%)

1,497 (25.57)

6,171 (25.62)

0.939

  Mean (SD) number of visits

0.37 (0.79)

0.37 (0.77)

0.652

 Disease related

   

  Had ≥1 visit, n (%)

1,211 (20.68)

4,829 (20.05)

0.276

  Mean (SD) number of visits

0.24 (0.60)

0.28 (0.66)

0.026

Ancillary care

   

 All cause

   

  Had ≥1 visit, n (%)

4,070 (69.51)

16,455 (68.31)

0.075

  Mean (SD) number of visits

5.94 (10.07)

5.62 (11.14)

0.049

 Disease related

   

  Had ≥1 visit, n (%)

3,035 (51.84)

11,793 (48.95)

< 0.001

  Mean (SD) number of visits

1.96 (4.58)

2.65 (5.25)

< 0.001

  1. ER = emergency department; mNSCLC = metastatic non-small cell lung cancer; esSCLC = extensive-stage small cell lung cancer; SD = standard deviation.
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