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Table 2 Effects of rerouting a cancer diagnosis from EP to GP/TWW referral

From: What is the impact of rerouting a cancer diagnosis from emergency presentation to GP referral on resource use and survival? Evidence from a population-based study

 

Colorectal

Breast

Prostate

Lung

Conversion Rate (2014/15)

0.043

0.078

0.153

0.186

Costs per diagnostic test

£420

£158

£157

£127

Costs per converted case (a)

£9242

£1883

£874

£559

Variation in Costs 1 year pre diagnosis (b)

-£546

-£497

-£887

-£534

Variation in Survival Costs 1 year post diagnosis (c)

£479

£128

-£128

£669

Variation in Intensity Costs 1 year post diagnosis (d)

-£1734

-£1546

-£2565

-£952

Total Costs 1 year post diagnosis (a + b + c + d)

£7442

-£32

-£2706

-£258

Variation in Survival Costs 5 year post diagnosis (C)

£1128

£712

£616

£907

Variation in Intensity Costs 5 year post diagnosis (D)

-£1012

-£628

-£1582

-£577

Total Costs 5 year post diagnosis (a + b + C + D)

£8812

£1469

-£979

£356

Variation in Probability of Surviving up to 5 year

0.359

0.512

0.408

0.149

Total Cost per patient Surviving up to 5 year

£24,546

£2870

-£2399

£2388

Years of life saved up to 5 years post diagnosis (e)

1.43

1.54

1.24

0.59

Total Cost per year of life saved (e)

£6162

£954

-£789

£603

  1. (*)Lung cancer patients are followed up to 3 years post diagnosis only
  2. (a) Estimates from Frontier Economics for the Department of Health (2011)
  3. (b) Risk-adjusted estimates from GLM model
  4. (c)(d)(C)(D) Risk-adjusted estimates from the BM estimator
  5. (e) Risk-adjusted estimates from Weibull models