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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: JCO Oncol Pract. 2024 Mar 12;20(7):953–963. doi: 10.1200/OP.23.00680

TABLE 2.

Participant Baseline Financial and Health Insurance Characteristics

Characteristic Intervention (n = 41) Control (n = 41)
No. (%) No. (%)
Employmenta
 Full-time or part-time 28 (70.0) 32 (80.0)
 Caring for home or family   1 (2.5)   2 (5.0)
 Unable to work (illness or disability)   5 (12.5)   1 (2.5)
 Retired, student, other   3 (7.5)   3 (7.5)
 Unemployed   3 (7.5)   2 (5.0)
Household income (USD)a
 <$50,000  9 (23.1)  8 (20.0)
 $50,000-$99,999 16 (41.0) 13 (32.5)
 $100,000-$149,999  9 (23.1)  6 (15.0)
 ≥$150,000  5 (12.8) 13 (32.5)
Health insurance coverageb
 Employer-sponsored 30 (73.2) 32 (78.1)
 Individual insurance   1 (2.4)  5 (12.2)
 Medicare   3 (7.3)   1 (2.4)
 Medicaid/state public insurance  5 (12.2)   2 (4.9)
Medicaid expansion state
 Yes 23 (56.1) 24 (58.5)
 No 18 (43.9) 17 (41.5)
Primary insurance policy holder
 You (self) 32 (78.1) 28 (68.3)
 Spouse/partner  7 (17.1) 12 (29.3)
 Parent   2 (4.9)   1 (2.4)
How many people (including you) are covered on your current health insurance plan?
 1 17 (41.5) 16 (39.0)
 2  6 (14.6)  5 (12.2)
 3  8 (19.5)  8 (19.5)
 4 or more 10 (24.4) 12 (29.3)
Overall, how would you rate your current health insurance coverage?
 Excellent  5 (12.5)  9 (22.5)
 Very good  8 (20.0) 14 (35.0)
 Good 17 (42.5) 13 (32.5)
 Fair/poor 10 (25.0)  4 (10.0)
 Don’t know   1 (2.4)   1 (2.4)
Do you currently have insurance that covers most/some/none of medical care?
 Most 30 (73.2) 37 (90.2)
 Some  8 (19.5)  4 (10.0)
 None   3 (7.3)   0 (0.0)

Abbreviation: USD, US dollars.

a

Missing data.

b

Participants could select more than one response.