Retrospective database analysis of healthcare resource utilization and costs in patients who develop post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease within the first year following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants.
Crystal WatsonHairong XuPrincic NicoleIla SrutiArie BarlevPublished in: Journal of medical economics (2020)
HRU and costs from HCT to PTLD were high and more than doubled within 1-year post-PTLD. PTLD patients who died had ∼7 times higher costs than those who lived, driven by hospitalizations. Effective treatments are needed to reduce the burden of PTLD.