Abstract
Objective: Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is a common and life-threatening complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). The extent to which aGVHD increases inpatient costs associated with allo-HSCT has not been thoroughly evaluated. In this analysis, mortality, hospital length of stay (LOS) and costs associated with aGVHD during allo-HSCT admissions are evaluated. Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of discharge records from the National Inpatient Sample database for patients receiving allo-HSCT between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2013. Allo-HSCT discharges with an aGVHD diagnosis were included in the aGVHD group and those without any graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) diagnosis comprised the non-GVHD group. Mortality, LOS and costs were compared between the two groups, as well as within subgroups, including age (<18 vs. ≥18 years) and survival status (alive vs. deceased) at discharge. Results: Overall, mortality (16.2% vs. 5.3%; p <.01), median hospital LOS (42.0 vs. 26.0 days; p <.01) and median total costs ($173,144 vs. $98,982; p <.01) were significantly increased in patients with aGVHD versus those without GVHD during hospitalizations for allo-HSCT, irrespective of age group. Patients with aGVHD who were <18 years of age had a lower mortality rate but greater hospital LOS and total costs versus patients aged ≥18 years. Patients who died during allo-HSCT hospitalization had longer LOS and incurred greater costs than those who survived in both the aGVHD and non-GVHD groups. Conclusion: Occurrence of aGVHD during allo-HSCT admissions resulted in a tripling of the mortality rate and a near doubling of hospital LOS and total costs. In addition, death during allo-HSCT hospitalizations was associated with greater healthcare utilization and costs. Effectively mitigating aGVHD may improve survival and substantially reduce hospital LOS and costs for allo-HSCT.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 983-988 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Current Medical Research and Opinion |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 3 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Writing assistance was provided by Jane Kovalevich, PhD (Complete Healthcare Communications, LLC [North Wales, PA], a CHC Group company), whose work was funded by Incyte Corporation (Wilmington, DE). Previous presentation : This study was previously presented at the 2017 meeting of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting.
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Keywords
- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- graft-versus-host disease
- healthcare costs
- resource utilization