title: The clinical effectiveness and financial impact of utilizing peripheral blood progenitor cells as rescue therapy following autologous bone marrow transplant.
abstract: The use of peripheral blood progenitor cell transplant as rescue therapy after high-dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow transplant significantly decreases transfusion, laboratory, room, and total charges. An improvement in clinical indicators also points toward decreased patient morbidity. Additional cost reductions may be realized by greater utilization of outpatient care, thereby further reducing room and total charges.
authors.affiliation: Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kucharski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ghalie
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Greenstein
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matuszewski
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies