Healthcare-resource utilization associated with radiation to bone across eight European countries: Results from a retrospective study

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbo.2018.01.003" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jbo.2018.01.003</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Healthcare-resource utilization associated with radiation to bone across eight European countries: Results from a retrospective study

Original language description

Background: Bone metastases and lytic lesions due to multiple myeloma are common in advanced cancer and can lead to debilitating complications (skeletal-related events [SREs]), including requirement for radiation to bone. Despite the high frequency of radiation to bone in patients with metastatic bone disease, our knowledge of associated healthcare resource utilization (HRU) is limited. Methods: This retrospective study estimated HRU following radiation to bone in Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland. Eligible patients were &gt;= 20 years old, had bone metastases secondary to breast, lung or prostate cancer, or bone lesions associated with multiple myeloma, and had received radiation to bone between 1 July 2004 and 1 July 2009. HRU data were extracted from hospital patient charts from 3.5 months before the index SRE (radiation to bone preceded by a SRE-free period of &gt;= 6.5 months) until 3 months after the last SRE that the patient experienced during the study period. Results: In total, 482 patients were included. The number of inpatient stays increased from baseline by a mean of 0.52 (standard deviation [SD] 1.17) stays per radiation to bone event and the duration of stays increased by a mean of 7.8 (SD 14.8) days. Outpatient visits increased by a mean of 4.24 (SD 6.57) visits and procedures by a mean of 8.51 (SD 7.46) procedures. Conclusion: HRU increased following radiation to bone across all countries studied. Agents that prevent severe pain and delay the need for radiation have the potential to reduce the burden imposed on healthcare resources and patients.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30204 - Oncology

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Bone Oncology

ISSN

2212-1374

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

March

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

49-56

UT code for WoS article

000427411800006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85041830407