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

Table 4 Mean all-cause and disease-related health care costs among esSCLC and mNSCLC patients, by tumor type

	All cause		Disease-related		esSCLC vs. mNSCLC
	esSCLC ($)	mNSCLC ($)	esSCLC ($)	mNSCLC ($)	P value (All-cause costs)	P calue (Disease-related costs)
Hospitalizations	32,456	32,027	12,498	9,778	0.403	< 0.001
Office Visits	22,340	18,995	19,168	15,622	< 0.001	< 0.001
Hospital OP Visits	7,253	7,040	6,044	5,767	0.270	0.116
Hospice	3,099	3,693	2,933	3,419	< 0.001	< 0.001
Other Ancillary Care	2,624	2,502	1,656	1,495	0.086	0.001
Skilled Nursing Facility	2,453	2,607	1,790	1,775	0.111	0.846
ER Visits	324	312	78	76	0.022	0.389
Total	70,549	67,176	44,167	37,932	< 0.001	< 0.001

ER = emergency department; mNSCLC = metastatic non-small cell lung cancer; OP = outpatient; esSCLC = extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

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