TABLE 4.
Association between patient characteristics and time between date of diagnosis and date of presentation at Moffitt Cancer Center (MCC) among non‐analytic patients.
| Baseline characteristics | Days from cancer diagnosis to presentation (among non‐analytic cases) | |
|---|---|---|
| Median (IQR) | p‐value a | |
| Age | ||
| 18–64 | 454.5 (930.8) | <0.001 |
| 65 or higher | 296 (716.0) | |
| Age | ||
| 18–39 | 444.5 (794.2) | <0.001 |
| 40–64 | 455 (946.5) | |
| 65 or higher | 296 (716) | |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 343 (815.8) | <0.001 |
| Male | 400 (856.2) | |
| Race | ||
| White | 368 (824.8) | <0.001 |
| Asian | 346.5 (935.5) | |
| Black | 510 (861.8) | |
| Other/multiple | 475 (942) | |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Non‐Hispanic | 377 (832.0) | 0.136 |
| Hispanic or Spanish origin | 403 (838) | |
| Payment method (all ages) | ||
| Private/Manage | 72 (319.8) | 0.861 |
| Self pay/Not insured | 85 (252) | |
| Medicaid | 100 (253) | |
| Medicare | 74.5 (336.0) | |
| Tricare/VA | 80.5 (333) | |
| Payment method (age 18–64) | ||
| Private/Manage | 76 (328.0) | <0.001 |
| Self pay/Not insured | 95.5 (253.5) | |
| Medicaid | 100 (249) | |
| Medicare | 336.5 (906.2) | |
| Tricare/VA | 99 (388) | |
| Payment method (age 65 and above) | ||
| Private/Manage | 52 (185.5) | 0.52 |
| Self pay/not insured | 19 (167.5) | |
| Medicaid | 29 (160.8) | |
| Medicare | 60.5 (268) | |
| Tricare/VA | 63 (71) | |
| Cigarettes use | ||
| Never | 433 (931.0) | <0.001 |
| Former | 348 (819.0) | |
| Current | 308 (764.5) | |
| Whether address at diagnosis inside MCC catchment area (15 counties in FL b ) | ||
| No | 151 (501.5) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 80 (364.5) | |
| Cohort | ||
| Breast | 488.5 (1056.8) | <0.001 |
| Lung | 199 (465.5) | |
| Melanoma | 442 (844) | |
| Colon | 436 (711.2) | |
| Prostate | 575.5 (1217.5) | |
a
p‐values were calculated using Wilcoxon rank‐sum test for binary factors and Kruskal–Wallis test for factors with more than two categories.
b
The 15‐county MCC catchment area included the following counties in Florida: Charlotte, Citrus, Desoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, or Sumter.