Costs of second allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A second allogeneic transplantation after a prior allogeneic (allo-allo) or autologous (auto-allo) hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is usually performed for graft failure, disease recurrence, secondary malignancy, and, as planned, auto-allo transplantation for some diseases.

Methods

We sought to describe the costs of second allogeneic HCT and evaluate their relationship with patient characteristics and posttransplantation complications. Clinical information and medical costs for the first 100 days after transplantation of 245 patients (allo-allo, 55; auto-allo, 190) who underwent a second HCT between 2004 and 2010 were collected.

Results

Median costs of the second allogeneic HCT were U.S. $151,000 (range, U.S. $62,000-405,000) for the allo-allo grou

SUBMITTER: Khera N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3696423 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature