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Treatment patterns and out-of-hospital healthcare resource utilisation by patients with advanced cancer living with pain: An analysis from the Stop Cancer PAIN trial

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  • Nikki McCaffrey
  • Seong Leang Cheah
  • Tim Luckett
  • Jane L Phillips
  • Meera Agar
  • Patricia M Davidson
  • Frances Boyle
  • Tim Shaw
  • David C Currow
  • Melanie Lovell

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Background: About 70% of patients with advanced cancer experience pain. Few studies have investigated the use of healthcare in this population and the relationship between pain intensity and costs. Methods: Adults with advanced cancer and scored worst pain ≥ 2/10 on a numeric rating scale (NRS) were recruited from 6 Australian oncology/palliative care outpatient services to the Stop Cancer PAIN trial (08/15-06/19). Out-of-hospital, publicly funded services, prescriptions and costs were estimated for the three months before pain screening. Descriptive statistics summarize the clinico-demographic variables, health services and costs, treatments and pain scores. Relationships with costs were explored using Spearman correlations, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests, and a gamma log-link generalized linear model. Results: Overall, 212 participants had median worst pain scores of five (inter-quartile range 4). The most frequently prescribed medications were opioids (60.1%) and peptic ulcer/gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) drugs (51.6%). The total average healthcare cost in the three months before the census date was A$6,742 (95% CI $5,637, $7,847), approximately $27,000 annually. Men had higher mean healthcare costs than women, adjusting for age, cancer type and pain levels (men $7,872, women $4,493, p

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  • Nikki McCaffrey & Seong Leang Cheah & Tim Luckett & Jane L Phillips & Meera Agar & Patricia M Davidson & Frances Boyle & Tim Shaw & David C Currow & Melanie Lovell, 2023. "Treatment patterns and out-of-hospital healthcare resource utilisation by patients with advanced cancer living with pain: An analysis from the Stop Cancer PAIN trial," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(2), pages 1-21, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0282465
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282465
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