Table 2. Annual costs of standard care... | American Society of Hematology

Table 2.

Annual costs of standard care and transfusion groups

Resources (2020 US$)	Transfusion (n = 90)		Standard care (n = 106)		Source of costs
Resources (2020 US$)	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range	Source of costs
Direct costs
Hospitalization	4929 ± 7127	—	10 802 ± 15 606	—	PHIS
ED visits	—	—	—	—	PHIS
Vaso-occlusive pain visits	469 ± 301	—	1111 ± 714	—
ACS visits	49 ± 26	—	115 ± 61	—
Outpatient physician charges	1212	—	404	—	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services²¹
Outpatient complete blood count laboratory testing	84	—	14	—	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services²²
Outpatient liver iron content scan	3133	400-5865	—	—	Wood,²³ PHIS site
Outpatient transfusion	21 384	9750-44 871	—	—	PHIS, Kelly et al,³² Shander et al,²⁴ Abraham and Sun²⁵
Manual or exchange	17 875	9750-26 000	—	—
Apheresis	44 871	—	—	—
Outpatient iron chelation	55 480	11 080-81 088	—	—	PHIS, Lexicomp²⁶
Indirect costs
Educational service	7402	5099-9705	8280	5704-10 855	Epping et al,²⁹ Chambers et al²⁸

Resources (2020 US$)	Transfusion (n = 90)		Standard care (n = 106)		Source of costs
Resources (2020 US$)	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range	Source of costs
Direct costs
Hospitalization	4929 ± 7127	—	10 802 ± 15 606	—	PHIS
ED visits	—	—	—	—	PHIS
Vaso-occlusive pain visits	469 ± 301	—	1111 ± 714	—
ACS visits	49 ± 26	—	115 ± 61	—
Outpatient physician charges	1212	—	404	—	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services²¹
Outpatient complete blood count laboratory testing	84	—	14	—	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services²²
Outpatient liver iron content scan	3133	400-5865	—	—	Wood,²³ PHIS site
Outpatient transfusion	21 384	9750-44 871	—	—	PHIS, Kelly et al,³² Shander et al,²⁴ Abraham and Sun²⁵
Manual or exchange	17 875	9750-26 000	—	—
Apheresis	44 871	—	—	—
Outpatient iron chelation	55 480	11 080-81 088	—	—	PHIS, Lexicomp²⁶
Indirect costs
Educational service	7402	5099-9705	8280	5704-10 855	Epping et al,²⁹ Chambers et al²⁸

ED, emergency department; SD, standard deviation.