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ArticleEBioMedicine2015

Economics and Outcome After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Alois Gratwohl, Anna Sureda, Helen Baldomero, Michael Gratwohl, Peter Dreger, Nicolaus Kröger, Per Ljungman, Eoin McGrath, Mohamad Mohty, Arnon Nagler and 9 more

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Article in EBioMedicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07579065 (Survivorship Care in Patients With Hematologic Cancer Undergoing HSCT), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07579065 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Survivorship Care in Patients With Hematologic Cancer Undergoing HSCT: A Feasibility Study on Quality of Life, Unmet Needs, and Caregivers Burden

TypeinterventionalSponsorAzienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCSRan2026 to 2028Enrolled40ConditionsHematologic Neoplasm, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Survivorship, Cancer SurvivorshipArmsSurvivorship Care (SC) Plan
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Country-Level Macroeconomic Indicators Predict Early Post-Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Survival in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A CIBMTR Analysis.Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation · 2018
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  18. Practice Patterns and Preferences Among Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Clinicians.Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Alois GratwohlEBMT Activity Survey Office, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
Anna SuredaJACIE Accreditation Office, Barcelona, Spain.
Helen BaldomeroEBMT Activity Survey Office, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
Michael GratwohlInstitute for Operations Research and Computational Finances, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Peter DregerHematology, Heidelberg, Germany.
Nicolaus KrögerHematology, University Hospital Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Per LjungmanHematology, University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Eoin McGrathJACIE Accreditation Office, Barcelona, Spain.
Mohamad MohtyHematology, Hôpital St. Antoine, Paris, France.
Arnon NaglerHematology Division, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Alessandro RambaldiHematology, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
Carmen Ruiz de ElviraEBMT Data Office, London, UK.
John A SnowdenDepartment of Haematology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; Department of Oncology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Jakob PasswegEBMT Activity Survey Office, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
Jane ApperleyHaematology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Dietger NiederwieserHematology and Oncology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
Theo StijnenDepartment of Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Ronald BrandDepartment of Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Joint Accreditation Committee (JACIE) of the International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) and the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) and the European Leukemia Net (ELN)

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a lifesaving expensive medical procedure. Hence, more transplants are performed in more affluent countries. The impact of economic factors on patient outcome is less defined. We analyzed retrospectively a defined cohort of 102,549 patients treated with an allogeneic (N = 37,542; 37%) or autologous (N = 65,007; 63%) HSCT. They were transplanted by one of 404 HSCT centers in 25 European countries between 1999 and 2006. We searched for associations between center-specific microeconomic or country-specific macroeconomic factors and outcome. Center patient-volume and center program-duration were significantly and systematically associated with improved survival after allogeneic HSCT (HR 0·87; 0·84-0·91 per 10 patients; p < 0·0001; HR 0·90;0·85-0·90 per 10 years; p < 0·001) and autologous HSCT (HR 0·91;0·87-0·96 per 10 patients; p < 0·001; HR 0·93;0·87-0·99 per 10 years; p = 0·02). The product of Health Care Expenditures by Gross National Income/capita was significantly associated in multivariate analysis with all endpoints (R(2) = 18%; for relapse free survival) after allogeneic HSCT. Data indicate that country- and center-specific economic factors are associated with distinct, significant, systematic, and clinically relevant effects on survival after HSCT. They impact on center expertise in long-term disease and complication management. It is likely that these findings apply to other forms of complex treatments.

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Cost-Benefit AnalysisHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationOutcome Assessment, Health CarePublic Health SurveillanceAdolescentAdultAgedDatabases, FactualEuropeFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMortalityRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesCenter effectGNI/capHCE/capHDIHematopoietic stem cell transplantationMacroeconomicsMicroeconomicsOutcomePatient volumeProgram durationRisk assessmentSurvival

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PMID26844291
PMCPMC4703735

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