Research Article

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 KingdomSpainGermanyFrance
(%)(%)(%)(%)

Total patients199100203100204100201100
Outpatient visits in a hospital clinic
Known number of outpatient visits, N (%)16582.913265.018691.215175.1
At least 1 outpatient visit, N (%)16499.412796.217694.610569.5
Annual number of visits (among patients with at least 1 visit)
  Mean (SD)26.448.422.414.538.727.215.019.9
  Median19.819.533.711.2
Known number of outpatient chemotherapy administrations, N (%)a16499.412090.917694.69663.6
At least 1 outpatient chemotherapy administration, N (%)b16298.811590.617498.98581.0
Annual number of outpatient visits for chemotherapy administration (among patients with at least 1 chemotherapy-related visit)
  Mean (SD)18.123.816.89.730.221.215.220.5
  Median15.514.626.211.6
Outpatient palliative care visits
Known number of outpatient palliative care visits, N (%)10452.312863.15225.514773.1
At least 1 outpatient palliative care visit, N (%)2524.07054.7713.52718.4
Annual number of visits (among patients with at least 1 visit)
  Mean (SD)5.26.06.25.02.71.45.55.7
  Median4.04.73.03.6
Known number of chemotherapy administrations, N (%)a2524.06853.135.82718.4
At least 1 chemotherapy administration, N (%)b624.045.900414.8
Annual number of visits for chemotherapy administration (among patients with at least 1 chemotherapy-related visit)
  Mean (SD)7.06.82.915.04.7
  Median4.42.83.9
Outpatient nurse visits
Known number of outpatient nurse visits, N (%)9648.2000000
At least 1 outpatient nurse visit, N (%)4749.0000
Annual number of visits (among patients with at least 1 visit)
  Mean (SD)5.73.6
  Median5.0
Known number of chemotherapy administrations, N (%)a4749.0
At least one chemotherapy administration, N (%)b2451.1000000
Number of visits for chemotherapy administration (among patients with at least 1 chemotherapy-related visit)000
  Mean (SD)6.83.7
  Median6.1
A&E/ED visitc
Known number of A&E/ED visits, N (%)11055.313265.04622.614471.6
At least 1 A&E/ED visit, N (%)2018.211385.6919.63423.6
Annual number of visits (among patients with at least 1 visit)
  Mean (SD)3.22.06.417.110.316.016.061.6
  Median2.73.74.92.7
Known number of chemotherapy administrations, N (%)a2018.210881.8817.43020.8
At least 1 chemotherapy administration, N (%)b735.03127.4111.1823.5
Annual number of visits for chemotherapy administration (among patients with at least 1 chemotherapy-related visit)
  Mean (SD)3.22.42.52.338.651.0125.1
  Median2.61.838.64.73
Inpatient visits
 At least 1 inpatient visit, N (%)3417.17536.94522.19245.8
Annual number of visits (among patients with at least 1 visit)
  Mean (SD)4.14.855.220.65.05.112.411.3
  Median2.62.23.39.2
Office visit
Known number of office visits, N (%)11556.76029.415979.1
At least 1 office visit, N (%)4942.62846.712276.7
Annual number of visits (among patients with at least 1 visit)
  Mean (SD)9.411.632.923.219.966.4
  Median5.426.89.3
Known number of chemotherapy administrations, N (%)a4236.52745.011169.8
At least 1 chemotherapy administration, N (%)b2040.82692.97158.2
Annual number of visits for chemotherapy administration (among patients with at least 1 chemotherapy-related visit)
  Mean (SD)9.08.129.325.011.37.2
  Median7.519.711.2
Received long-term care, N (%)21.063.010.542.0
Received hospice care, N (%)3819.15527.18139.700

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.