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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2021 Mar 18;29(10):5753–5762. doi: 10.1007/s00520-021-06113-z

Table 4.

Conditional item response probabilities

Item/response
(n = 510)
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
“Low Burden/Low Coping”
“High Self-Advocacy”
“High Burden/High Coping”
Pr(1) Pr(2) Pr(1) Pr(2) Pr(1) Pr(2)

Skip doctor’s appointments 0.9516 0.0484 0.8733 0.1267 0.3207 0.6793
Skip follow-up testing 0.9706 0.0294 0.8972 0.1028 0.2538 0.7462
Skip bloodwork 0.9750 0.0250 0.9584 0.0416 0.2948 0.7052
Skip or postpone filling prescriptions 0.9623 0.0377 0.9003 0.0997 0.1979 0.8021
Skip complementary treatment 0.6615 0.3385 0.5247 0.4753 0.1476 0.8524
Skip psychological counseling 0.6716 0.3284 0.5655 0.4345 0.1482 0.8518
Skip dosages of prescribed medication 0.9545 0.0455 0.9617 0.0383 0.2493 0.7507
Cut pills in half 0.9595 0.0405 0.9314 0.0686 0.2828 0.7172
Asked for financial help from a church 0.9685 0.0315 0.9106 0.0894 0.8224 0.1776
Applied for financial assistance from PAP 0.9469 0.0531 0.8387 0.1613 0.7182 0.2818
Applied for co-pay assistance 0.9179 0.0821 0.6388 0.3612 0.2138 0.7862
Discussed changing to less costly treatment 0.9728 0.0272 0.7110 0.2890 0.1758 0.8242
Chose a lower cost medication 0.9491 0.0509 0.6988 0.3012 0.1551 0.8449
Found out cost before filling prescriptions 0.8739 0.1261 0.1856 0.8144 0.2748 0.7252
Found out cost before filling out prescription for side effects 0.9363 0.0637 0.1678 0.8322 0.2697 0.7303
Reviewed explanation of benefits 0.5430 0.4570 0.1038 0.8962 0.2682 0.7318
Found out cost before a scan 0.9047 0.0953 0.3672 0.6328 0.3951 0.6049
Considered lower cost alt. treatment 0.9728 0.0272 0.6523 0.3477 0.3577 0.6423
Applied for financial assistance for non-medical costs 0.8779 0.1221 0.7329 0.2671 0.2213 0.7787
Ordered medications from non-US sources 0.9514 0.0486 0.8386 0.1614 0.3203 0.6797
Applied for financial assist. from doctor 0.8860 0.1114 0.7296 0.2704 0.2226 0.7774
Applied for financial assist. from hospital 0.9574 0.0426 0.8437 0.1563 0.7571 0.2429
Determined expense before going to ER 0.9519 0.0481 0.4834 0.5166 0.3856 0.6144
Estimated cost before agreeing to treatment 0.9228 0.0772 0.3822 0.6178 0.3182 0.6818
Appealed denial of benefits 0.8663 0.1337 0.5578 0.4422 0.3771 0.6229
Asked insurance company for help understanding your coverage 0.8354 0.1646 0.3039 0.6961 0.3611 0.6389
Consider changing doctors because of cost 1.0000 0.0000 0.8107 0.1893 0.4591 0.5409
Considered bankruptcy 0.9821 0.0179 0.9357 0.0643 0.8516 0.1484
Borrowed from a bank 0.9621 0.0379 0.9172 0.0828 0.8637 0.1363
Cutback on non-essential spending 0.7568 0.2432 0.4245 0.5755 0.5966 0.4034
Borrowed from family/friends 0.9432 0.0568 0.7088 0.2912 0.7193 0.2807
Moved to less expensive home 0.9858 0.0142 0.9359 0.0641 0.8785 0.1215
Missed rent/mortgage payments 0.9921 0.0079 0.8576 0.1424 0.8383 0.1617
Cut back on essential spending 0.8900 0.1100 0.6186 0.3814 0.6621 0.3379
Considered cashing in life insurance 0.7445 0.2555 0.6443 0.3557 0.4394 0.5606
Considered borrowing from pension 0.8067 0.1933 0.7411 0.2589 0.4975 0.5025
Estimated class population shares 0.4173 0.2775 0.3053

The table displays the probability that a response of sometimes, often, or always to the row item either is [Pr(2)] or is not [Pr(1)] a member of that Class, therefore Pr(2) and Pr(1) sum to 1.0. Pr(2) columns are bolded because they display the probability of membership in that Class