Table 1:
Demographic characteristics of respondents
| Characteristics | All respondents (n=334) |
High financial toxicity (n=162) |
Low financial toxicity (n=172) |
P value a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COST Score | 24 (15-32) | 15 (10-20) | 31 (28-36) | <0.001 |
| Age at diagnosis (years) | 55 (47-63) | 52 (42-59) | 59 (51-65) | <0.001 |
| Race | ||||
| White | 290 (87) | 132 (81) | 158 (92) | 0.045 |
| Hispanic, Latina, or Spanish | 9 (3) | 6 (4) | 3 (2) | |
| Black/African American | 9 (3) | 6 (4) | 3 (2) | |
| Other or prefer not to say or missing | 26 (8) | 18 (11) | 8 (5) | |
| Partnership status | ||||
| Married or partnered | 212 (63) | 98 (60) | 114 (66) | 0.13 |
| Single, divorced, or widowed | 102 (31) | 50 (31) | 52 (30) | |
| Other or missing | 20 (6) | 14 (9) | 6 (3) | |
| Education level | ||||
| High school or less | 71 (21) | 38 (23) | 33 (19) | 0.37 |
| Some college or associate’s/technical degree | 116 (35) | 58 (26) | 58 (34) | |
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 134 (40) | 58 (36) | 76 (44) | |
| Missing | 13 (4) | 8 (5) | 5 (3) | |
| Employment status | ||||
| Employed, full time | 90 (27) | 44 (27) | 46 (27) | <0.001 |
| Employed, part time | 39 (12) | 26 (16) | 13 (8) | |
| Not employed | 27 (8) | 18 (11) | 9 (5) | |
| Retired | 130 (39) | 39 (24) | 91 (53) | |
| Disabled, unable to work | 48 (14) | 35 (22) | 13 (8) | |
| Insurance | ||||
| Private | 163 (49) | 89 (55) | 74 (43) | <0.001 |
| Medicare with supplement | 53 (16) | 11 (7) | 42 (24) | |
| Medicare without supplement | 82 (25) | 39 (24) | 43 (25) | |
| Medicaid or Uninsured | 32 (10) | 22 (14) | 10 (6) | |
| Missing | 4 (1) | 1 (1) | 3 (2) | |
| More than one month without insurance since diagnosis | 38 (11) | 26 (16) | 12 (7) | 0.01 |
| Household income | ||||
| ≤ $39,999 | 96 (29) | 65 (40) | 31 (18) | <0.001 |
| $40,000-$59,999 | 60 (18) | 30 (19) | 30 (17) | |
| $60,000-$79,999 | 48 (14) | 23 (14) | 25 (15) | |
| $80,000-$99,999 | 49 (15) | 23 (14) | 26 (15) | |
| ≥ $100,000 | 70 (21) | 19 (12) | 51 (30) | |
| Missing | 11 (3) | 2 (1) | 9 (5) | |
| Geographic region | ||||
| Northeast | 68 (20) | 25 (15) | 43 (25) | 0.008 |
| Midwest | 86 (26) | 52 (32) | 34 (20) | |
| West | 55 (16) | 26 (16) | 29 (17) | |
| South | 116 (35) | 58 (36) | 58 (34) | |
| Missing | 9 (3) | 1 (1) | 8 (5) | |
| Medicaid expansion state | 218 (65) | 100 (62) | 118 (69) | 0.01 |
| Hospital location | ||||
| Urban | 187 (56) | 81 (50) | 106 (62) | 0.06 |
| Suburban | 112 (34) | 62 (38) | 50 (29) | |
| Rural | 33 (10) | 19 (12) | 14 (8) | |
| Missing | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | |
| CNI | 3 (2-4) | 3 (2-4) | 3 (2-4) | 0.43 |
Values reported as N (%) or median (interquartile range) Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
a
Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables and Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous variables.