2023
Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Newly Diagnosed and Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Contemporary US Claims
Huntington S, Chang H, Fu A, Loefgren C, Lu X. Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Newly Diagnosed and Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Contemporary US Claims. Blood 2023, 142: 2348. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-181909.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHematopoietic stem cell transplantationHealthcare resource utilizationAcute myeloid leukemia patientsRetrospective cohort studyIndex dateMyeloid leukemia patientsAML patientsAML diagnosisR patientsDiagnosis codesEconomic burdenPPPM costsCohort studyContinuous enrollmentND patientsLeukemia patientsMedical costsLarge US administrative claims databaseRefractory acute myeloid leukemia patientsHigher healthcare resource utilizationUS administrative claims databaseMore outpatient encountersNon-HSCT patientsNon-transplant recipientsOlder AML patients
2020
Clinical outcomes of older patients with AML receiving hypomethylating agents: a large population-based study in the United States
Zeidan AM, Wang R, Wang X, Shallis RM, Podoltsev NA, Bewersdorf JP, Huntington SF, Neparidze N, Giri S, Gore SD, Davidoff AJ, Ma X. Clinical outcomes of older patients with AML receiving hypomethylating agents: a large population-based study in the United States. Blood Advances 2020, 4: 2192-2201. PMID: 32433746, PMCID: PMC7252544, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020001779.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myeloid leukemiaDecitabine-treated patientsTransfusion independenceRed blood cell transfusion independenceLarge population-based studyOlder AML patientsRBC transfusion independenceEnd Results-MedicarePopulation-based studyStandard of careAgent azacitidineMedian survivalOlder patientsIntensive therapyAML patientsClinical outcomesClinical benefitMyeloid leukemiaMortality riskPatientsAzacitidineDecitabineOlder adultsOne-thirdMeaningful differences