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Table 4 Economic evaluation

From: Organizing medical oncology care at a regional level and its subsequent impact on the quality of early breast cancer management: a before-after study

Variable

Overall

 

Reference centre

 

Peripheral centres

 
 

Before

After

p

Before

After

p

Before

After

p

CHEMOTHERAPY

         

Hospitalization costs to receive chemotherapy

1,287 ± 1,416

1,172 ± 1,556

0.33

1,382 ± 1,407

1,304 ± 1,536

0.62

1,198 ± 1,424

1,020 ± 1,569

0.26

0 [0 – 7,204]

0 [0 – 7,204]

 

2,275 [0–6,445]

0 [0–7,204]

 

0 [0–7,204]

0 [0–6,445]

 

Chemotherapy drugs

1,698 ± 2,463

1,877 ± 2,435

0.53

1,766 ± 2,556

2,173 ± 2,494

0.85

1,634 ± 2,377

1,535 ± 2,325

0.22

0 [0 – 10,521]

0 [0 – 7,614]

 

163 [0–7,554]

0 [0–7,614]

 

0 [0–10,521]

0 [0–6,309]

 

Transport to receive chemotherapy

551 ± 366

253 ± 433

0.20

319 ± 434

325 ± 491

0.59

187 ± 275

170 ± 338

0.10

0 [0 – 1,868]

0 [0 – 2,701]

 

195 [0–1,839]

0 [0–2,701]

 

0 [0–1,868]

0 [0 – 2,094]

 

Overall (all patients)

3,236 ± 3,753

3,301 ± 4,080

0.73

3,466 ± 3,812

3,803 ± 4,154

0.69

3,018 ± 3,694

2,726 ± 3,927

0.31

0 [0 – 14,219]

3,301 [0 – 13,483]

 

2,870 [0–11,305]

0 [0–13,483]

 

0 [0–14,219]

0 [0–10,402]

 

INTERCURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS

         

Hospitalization

281 ± 1,311

136 ± 589

0.29

169 ± 940

95 ± 784

0.67

389 ± 1,581

183 ± 938

0.38

0 [0 – 13,725]

0 [0 – 9,297]

 

0 [0–6,617]

0 [0–9,297]

 

0 [0–13,725]

0 [0–7,282]

 

Transport to be hospitalized

6 ± 40

3 ± 19

0.30

3 ± 18

3 ± 18

0.69

10 ± 53

4 ± 20

0.38

0 [0 – 470]

0 [0 – 206]

 

0 [0–150]

0 [0–168]

 

0 [0–470]

0 [0–206]

 

Overall

288 ± 1,347

139 ± 872

0.29

172 ± 956

100 ± 794

0.67

398 ± 1,626

187 ± 954

0.38

0 [0 – 14,195]

0 [0 – 9,344]

 

0 [0–6,767]

0 [0–9,344]

 

0 [0–14,195]

0 [0–7,356]

 

OVERALL COST OF MANAGEMENT

3,524 ± 4,242

3,441 ± 4,239

0.53

3,638 ± 4,074

3,901 ± 4,236

0.77

3,416 ± 4,406

2,913 ± 4,193

0.20

1,065 [0 – 21,673]

0 [0 – 15,316]

 

2,893 [0–17,176]

0 [0–15,316]

 

0 [0–21,674]

0 [0–14,067]

 
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