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Table 3 Summary statistics for hospitalizations for patients receiving systemic therapy and/or supportive care

From: The cost of unresectable stage III or stage IV melanoma in Italy

  

Overall

First-line therapy

Second-line therapy

Third-line therapy

Supportive care

N

 

215

147

112

41

24

Patients with any hospitalization

N

21

11

7

4

4

 

%

9,8%

7,5%

6,3%

9,8%

16,7%

Total length of hospitalization (days)

Mean

34,3

47,5

12,7

18,8

8,2

 

95%CI

0-73,7

0-126,6

6,6-18,8

0-38,9

1,1-15,4

Length of hospitalization (days/month(1))

Mean

1,9

11,6

6,1

7,5

19,8

 

95%CI

0,6-3,2

0-30,8

0-15,3

0-27,4

0-74,2

Total hospitalization cost per hospitalized patient (€ 2009)

Mean

25.400

35.200

9.400

13.900

6.100

 

95% CI

0-54.500

0-93.700

4.900-13.900

0-28.800

800-11.400

Total hospitalization cost per hospitalized patient per month (€ 2009)

Mean

1.400

8.600

4.500

5.600

14.700

 

95% CI

400-2.400

0-22.800

0-11.300

0-20.300

0-54.900

Total hospitalization cost per patient (€ 2009)

Mean

2.481

2.634

588

1.356

1.017

  1. (1) month of follow-up.