Health Care Resource Utilization and Costs among Adult Patients with Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Retrospective Medical Record Review in the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, and France
Table 2
Health care resource utilization from diagnosis of advanced soft tissue sarcoma, by country.
United Kingdom
Spain
Germany
France
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
Total patients
199
100
203
100
204
100
201
100
Outpatient visits in a hospital clinic
Known number of outpatient visits, N (%)
165
82.9
132
65.0
186
91.2
151
75.1
At least 1 outpatient visit, N (%)
164
99.4
127
96.2
176
94.6
105
69.5
Annual number of visits (among patients with at least 1 visit)
Mean (SD)
26.4
48.4
22.4
14.5
38.7
27.2
15.0
19.9
Median
19.8
19.5
33.7
11.2
Known number of outpatient chemotherapy administrations, N (%)a
164
99.4
120
90.9
176
94.6
96
63.6
At least 1 outpatient chemotherapy administration, N (%)b
162
98.8
115
90.6
174
98.9
85
81.0
Annual number of outpatient visits for chemotherapy administration (among patients with at least 1 chemotherapy-related visit)
Mean (SD)
18.1
23.8
16.8
9.7
30.2
21.2
15.2
20.5
Median
15.5
14.6
26.2
11.6
Outpatient palliative care visits
Known number of outpatient palliative care visits, N (%)
104
52.3
128
63.1
52
25.5
147
73.1
At least 1 outpatient palliative care visit, N (%)
25
24.0
70
54.7
7
13.5
27
18.4
Annual number of visits (among patients with at least 1 visit)
Mean (SD)
5.2
6.0
6.2
5.0
2.7
1.4
5.5
5.7
Median
4.0
4.7
3.0
3.6
Known number of chemotherapy administrations, N (%)a
25
24.0
68
53.1
3
5.8
27
18.4
At least 1 chemotherapy administration, N (%)b
6
24.0
4
5.9
0
0
4
14.8
Annual number of visits for chemotherapy administration (among patients with at least 1 chemotherapy-related visit)
Mean (SD)
7.0
6.8
2.9
1
5.0
4.7
Median
4.4
2.8
3.9
Outpatient nurse visits
Known number of outpatient nurse visits, N (%)
96
48.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
At least 1 outpatient nurse visit, N (%)
47
49.0
0
0
0
Annual number of visits (among patients with at least 1 visit)
Mean (SD)
5.7
3.6
Median
5.0
Known number of chemotherapy administrations, N (%)a
47
49.0
At least one chemotherapy administration, N (%)b
24
51.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Number of visits for chemotherapy administration (among patients with at least 1 chemotherapy-related visit)
0
0
0
Mean (SD)
6.8
3.7
Median
6.1
A&E/ED visitc
Known number of A&E/ED visits, N (%)
110
55.3
132
65.0
46
22.6
144
71.6
At least 1 A&E/ED visit, N (%)
20
18.2
113
85.6
9
19.6
34
23.6
Annual number of visits (among patients with at least 1 visit)
Mean (SD)
3.2
2.0
6.4
17.1
10.3
16.0
16.0
61.6
Median
2.7
3.7
4.9
2.7
Known number of chemotherapy administrations, N (%)a
20
18.2
108
81.8
8
17.4
30
20.8
At least 1 chemotherapy administration, N (%)b
7
35.0
31
27.4
1
11.1
8
23.5
Annual number of visits for chemotherapy administration (among patients with at least 1 chemotherapy-related visit)
Mean (SD)
3.2
2.4
2.5
2.3
38.6
51.0
125.1
Median
2.6
1.8
38.6
4.73
Inpatient visits
At least 1 inpatient visit, N (%)
34
17.1
75
36.9
45
22.1
92
45.8
Annual number of visits (among patients with at least 1 visit)
Mean (SD)
4.1
4.85
5.2
20.6
5.0
5.1
12.4
11.3
Median
2.6
2.2
3.3
9.2
Office visit
—
—
Known number of office visits, N (%)
—
—
115
56.7
60
29.4
159
79.1
At least 1 office visit, N (%)
—
—
49
42.6
28
46.7
122
76.7
Annual number of visits (among patients with at least 1 visit)
—
—
Mean (SD)
—
—
9.4
11.6
32.9
23.2
19.9
66.4
Median
—
—
5.4
26.8
9.3
Known number of chemotherapy administrations, N (%)a
—
—
42
36.5
27
45.0
111
69.8
At least 1 chemotherapy administration, N (%)b
—
—
20
40.8
26
92.9
71
58.2
Annual number of visits for chemotherapy administration (among patients with at least 1 chemotherapy-related visit)
—
—
Mean (SD)
—
—
9.0
8.1
29.3
25.0
11.3
7.2
Median
—
—
7.5
19.7
11.2
Received long-term care, N (%)
2
1.0
6
3.0
1
0.5
4
2.0
Received hospice care, N (%)
38
19.1
55
27.1
81
39.7
0
0
A&E = accident and emergency; ED = emergency department; SD = standard deviation. aPercentage of patients with a known number of visits. bPercentage of patients with at least one visit. Note: for this calculation, patients without a known number of chemotherapy administrations were assumed to have no chemotherapy administrations. cAccident and emergency visits were collected in the UK; emergency department visits were collected in Spain, Germany, and France.