The association of health care contact days with economic measures in the CCTG LY.12 trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given the intensive resources required to conduct economic analyses in clinical trials, a key need is identifying scalable measures of costs. Contact days-days with health care contact outside the home-may represent such a practical measure.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of a trial that evaluated two pre-transplant chemotherapy regimens for lymphoma. We used trial resource use and patient-reported data to calculate contact days, direct costs, and indirect costs such as lost productivity. We assessed the association between the number of contact days and cost outcomes using linear regression models and Pearson correlation coefficients.

Results

Contact days were moderately correlated with direct costs (r = .47, $762/ contact day, P < .0001), and s

SUBMITTER: Gupta A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12207868 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature