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Table 4 Post-index healthcare utilization among patients with 12 months of continuous enrollment post-index

From: Treatment patterns, healthcare resource utilization, and costs among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treated with antifibrotic medications in US-based commercial and Medicare Supplemental claims databases: a retrospective cohort study

 

All Patients

Pirfenidone

Nintedanib

P Value1

N = 614

N = 348

N = 266

All-cause utilization

 Inpatient hospitalization2, n (%)

156 (25.4)

91 (26.1)

65 (24.4)

0.629

  Length of stay, mean (SD), days

4.4 (3.7)

4.2 (3.5)

4.8 (4.1)

0.263

   Median

3

3

3.5

 

 Any outpatient visit, n (%)

610 (99.1)

346 (99.4)

264 (99.2)

1.000

  Emergency department visit

206 (33.6)

112 (32.2)

94 (35.3)

0.412

  Physician office visit

600 (97.7)

340 (97.7)

260 (97.7)

0.972

 Pharmacy, n (%)

614 (100.0)

348 (100.0)

266 (100.0)

1.000

  Medication claims PPPY, mean (SD)

49.6 (27.0)

49.7 (26.4)

49.5 (27.8)

0.938

Respiratory-related utilization

 Inpatient hospitalization2, n (%)

70 (11.4)

45 (12.9)

25 (9.4)

0.172

  Length of stay, mean (SD), days

4.9 (4.1)

4.1 (2.9)

6.3 (5.4)

0.033

   Median

4

3.5

4

 

 Any outpatient visit, n (%)

607 (98.9)

343 (98.6)

264 (99.2)

0.705

  Emergency department visit

116 (18.9)

64 (18.4)

52 (19.5)

0.716

  Physician office visit

597 (97.2)

338 (97.1)

259 (97.4)

0.856

 Pharmacy, n (%)

614 (100.0)

348 (100.0)

266 (100.0)

1.000

  Medication claims PPPY, mean (SD)

14.6 (8.0)

14.4 (7.5)

14.8 (8.6)

0.517

  1. PPPY per-person per-year, SD standard deviation
  2. 1 Pirfenidone vs. nintedanib
  3. 2 Excluding inpatient hospitalizations for a lung transplant