Table 3

Description of use of major resources

Resource	C group(n = 98)	NoC group(n = 96)	p value
Hospitalisations
All admissions
No of patients hospitalised	92 (93%)	68 (72%)	0.0002
No of admissions per patient	2.73	1.27
Total bed days per patient	15.38	11.93
Chemotherapy admissions
No of patients hospitalised	71 (72%)	0 (0%)	<0.0001
No of admissions per patient	1.34	0.0
Total bed days per patient	3.35	0.0
Non-chemotherapy admissions
No of patients hospitalised	70 (71%)	68 (71%)	0.90
No of admissions per patient	1.38	1.27
Total bed days per patient	12.03	11.93
Chemotherapy
Protocol chemotherapy
No of patients receiving no cycles	6 (6%)	96 (100%)	<0.0001
No of patients receiving 1 cycle	19 (19%)	0 (0%)
No of patients receiving 2 cycles	11 (11%)	0 (0%)
No of patients receiving 3 cycles	62 (63%)	0 (0%)
Non-protocol applications
No of patients receiving treatment	15 (15%)	2 (2%)	0.003
Radiotherapy
No of patients receiving a course	42 (43%)	58 (60%)	0.03
No of courses per patient	0.65	0.80
No of fractions per patient	2.32	3.42
Outpatient attendances
No of patients who had at least one	84 (86%)	83 (86%)	0.91
No of attendances per patient	8.57	5.55
Hospice admissions
No of patients admitted	15 (15%)	14 (15%)	0.90
No of admissions per patient	0.29	0.21
Total bed days per patient	4.65	3.42
Surgical procedures
No of patients who had
No surgical procedures	76 (78%)	71 (74%)	0.74
One surgical procedure	17 (17%)	17 (18%)
Two surgical procedures	6 (6%)	7 (7%)
Three surgical procedures	1 (1%)	1 (1%)
Investigations
No per patient
All radiographs	6.05	4.56
Chest	5.90	4.34
Abdominal	0.07	0.04
All CT scans	0.87	0.46
Chest	0.55	0.17
Other	0.32	0.29
ECG	0.93	0.61