Healthcare utilization and hospital variation in cardiac surveillance during breast cancer treatment: a nationwide prospective study in 5000 Dutch breast cancer patients

Table 2 Overall and oncological healthcare utilization in breast cancer patients in 2013–2015

Healthcare type	N = 5157	N = 10,883
Healthcare type	BC patients with high cardiotoxicity risk (%) ^a	BC patients with lower cardiotoxicity risk (%) ^a
Activities performed by
Cardiologists	36.6	22.9
HCU related to BC treatment
Diagnostic tests	87.9	62.5
Imaging	96.6	92.6
Treatment
Chemotherapy	98.6	10.0
Targeted therapy	26.9	0
Hormone therapy	58.9	21.7
Radiotherapy	67.0	40.6
Surgery	86.2	57.4
Overall healthcare utilization
Multi-disciplinary consultations	51.5	34.6
Emergency care visit	49.0	19.1
Hospital admission day	98.6	64.9
Outpatient visit	100	99.4
Tele-consultations	84.7	48.7

HCU Healthcare Utilization, ^aEach specific type of care is depicted with the percentage of patients for whom this type of care was registered at least once

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