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Table 2 Healthcare use in MCRC patients receiving XELOX or FOLFOX4

From: Cost-analysis of XELOX and FOLFOX4 for treatment of colorectal cancer to assist decision-making on reimbursement

 

XELOX

(n = 30)

Mean no./person (SD)

FOLFOX4

(n = 30)

Mean no./person (SD)

Chemotherapy cycles

7.3 (1.4)

9.2 (2.8)

Other drugs

9.3 (5.8)

12.4 (7.2)

Hospital bed-days

10.3 (5.2)

33.2 (9.1)

Outpatient clinic visits

15.5 (3.4)

16.5 (5.1)

Laboratory investigations

38.6 (11.2)

37.3 (12.8)

X-rays and scans

4.3 (3.1)

3.8 (2.5)