Journal article
An analysis of the resource use and costs of febrile neutropenia events in pediatric cancer patients in Australia
Constanza M Vargas, Gabrielle A Haeusler, Monica E Slavin, Franz Babl, Francoise Mechinaud, Robert Phillips, Karin Thursky, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, PICNICC Study Grp Australian
Pediatric Blood and Cancer | Wiley | Published : 2023
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30633
Abstract
Background: Febrile neutropenia (FN) in children with cancer generally requires in-hospital care, but low-risk patients may be successfully managed in an outpatient setting, potentially reducing the overall healthcare costs. Updated data on the costs of FN care are lacking. Methods: A bottom-up microcosting analysis was conducted from the healthcare system perspective using data collected alongside the Australian PICNICC (Predicting Infectious Complications of Neutropenic sepsis In Children with Cancer) study. Inpatient costs were accessed from hospital administrative records and outpatient costs from Medicare data. Costs were stratified by risk status (low/high risk) according to the PICNIC..
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Funding Acknowledgements
& nbsp;We gratefully acknowledge the support and endorsement of the Australian and New Zealand Children's Haematology/Oncology Group (ANZCHOG), the Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), and the Australian PICNICC Study Group: Dr Julia Clark and Dr Natalie Phillips (Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland), Dr Leanne Super and Prof Simon Craig (Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria), Dr Frank Alvaro and Dr Michael Zhang (John Hunter Children's Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales), A/Prof David S. Ziegler and Dr Arjun Rao (Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales), Dr Bhavna Padhye and Dr Mary McCaskill (Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales), Dr Heather Tapp and Dr Amit Kochar (Women's and Children's Health Network, Adelaide, South Australia), A/Prof Marianne Phillips, Dr Thomas Walwyn, and Dr Meredith Borland (Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia). This study was funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant (APP1104527).Open access publishing facilitated by University of Technology Sydney, as part of the Wiley - University of Technology Sydney agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.