Table 4 Summary statistics for hospitalizations for patients with any response to systemic therapy
From: The cost of unresectable stage III or stage IV melanoma in Italy
Overall | First-line therapy | Second-line therapy | Third-line therapy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 89 | 53 | 34 | 14 | |
Patients with any hospitalization | N | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
% | 12,4% | 9,4% | 11,8% | 7,1% | |
Total length of hospitalization (days) | Mean | 49,5 | 13,4 | 10,5 | 16 |
95% CI | 0-129,9 | 2,2-24,6 | 0,6-20,4 | NA | |
Length of hospitalization (days/month(1)) | Mean | 3 | 3,3 | 1,2 | 1,4 |
95%CI | 1,4-4,6 | 0,9-5,8 | 0,6-1,8 | 1,4-1,4 | |
Total hospitalization cost per hospitalized patient (€ 2009) | Mean | 36.600 | 9.900 | 7.770 | 11.800 |
95% CI | 0-96.100 | 1.600-18.200 | 400-15.100 | NA | |
Total hospitalization cost per hospitalized patient per month (€ 2009) | Mean | 2.200 | 2.400 | 888 | 1.000 |
95% CI | 1.000-3.400 | 700-4.300 | 400-1.300 | 1.000-1.000 | |
Total hospitalization cost per patient (€ 2009) | Mean | 4.524 | 934 | 914 | 843 |