Table 2 Total healthcare resource use per spinal metastases patient from treatment initiation until death
T1 (n = 419) | T2 (n = 51) | T3 (n = 79) | T4 (n = 80) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | CI | Mean | CI | Mean | CI | Mean | CI | |
Primary sector (n) | ||||||||
GP | 14.5 | (13.6-15.4) | 30.8 | (27.0-35.2) | 36.0 | (33.2-39.2) | 34.1 | (31.2-37.4) |
MS | 0.6 | (0.5-0.8) | 1.5 | (1.0-2.1) | 1.3 | (0.8-2.0) | 0.8 | (0.6-1.2) |
Therapists | 4.7 | (3.8-5.7) | 6.6 | (3.7-10.5) | 8.6 | (5.6-12.1) | 9.7 | (7.0-12.5) |
Other | 0.2 | (0.2-0.3) | 0.4 | (0.2-0.6) | 0.34 | (0.2-0.5) | 0.7 | (0.5-0.9) |
Hospital sector (n) | ||||||||
Outpatient | 16.1 | (14.4-17.9) | 14.3 | (10.8-18.0) | 18.7 | (14.9-23.7) | 24.7 | (20.0-29.8) |
ER | 1.2 | (1.1-1.3) | 0.7 | (0.4-0.9) | 0.3 | (0.2-0.5) | 0.3 | (0.2-0.4) |
Inpatient | ||||||||
Admissions | 4.4 | (4.1-4.7) | 6.9 | (6.0-7.9) | 7.2 | (6.4-7.9) | 7.9 | (7.0-8.8) |
Bed days | 25.4 | (22.9-27.9) | 39.2 | (32.0-46.9) | 45.6 | (38.4-54.0) | 46.1 | (39.4-53.1) |
Hospice (n) | ||||||||
Admissions | 0.2 | (0.2-0.3) | 0.2 | (0.0-0.4) | 0.2 | (0.1-0.4) | 0.4 | (0.2-0.6) |
Bed days | 4.1 | (2.9-5.5) | 1.7 | (0.1-5.5) | 5.3 | (1.9-10.2) | 11.9 | (4.8-22.5) |