Table 3.

Results of models assessing the effect of race/ethnicity on the relation between composite measures of patient experiences and time to initial surgical treatment

Time to surgery	≤ 1 month		≤ 2 months		≤ 3 months		≤ 1 month		≤ 2 months		≤3 months		≤ 1 month		≤ 2 months		≤3 months		≤ 1 month		≤ 2 months		≤ 3 months
N analyzed	1578		1578		1578		1546		1546		1546		1701		1701		1701		1763		1763		1731†
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
CAHPS measure	Doctor communication						Getting care quickly						Getting needed care						Getting needed Rx
Less than excellent	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
Excellent reports	0.88	[0.69–1.12]	1.19	[0.86–1.64]	1.75	[0.84–3.64]	0.96	[0.76–1.20]	1.08	[0.80–1.47]	0.87	[0.42–1.80]	1.01	[0.80–1.27]	1.15	[0.85–1.57]	0.83	[0.39–1.78]	1.12	[0.87–1.45]	1.33	[0.95–1.86]	1.95	[0.98–3.88]
Race/ethnicity
NH White	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
NH Black	0.98	[0.49–1.93]	2.37	[0.70–8.05]	1.05	[0.13–8.56]	0.79	[0.42–1.49]	0.82	[0.36–1.88]	0.21 *	[0.06–0.75]	0.70	[0.37–1.31]	0.94	[0.41–2.15]	0.24 *	[0.07–0.86]	0.89	[0.47–1.69]	2.30	[0.78–6.78]	0.75	[0.16–3.56]
Hispanic	0.74	[0.36–1.52]	1.11	[0.43–2.84]	1.55	[0.19–12.6]	0.50 *	[0.25–0.99]	0.79	[0.35–1.74]	0.98	[0.12–7.90]	0.53 *	[0.28–0.99]	0.61	[0.30–1.23]	0.25 *	[0.07–0.86]	0.83	[0.39–1.74]	1.14	[0.44–2.95]	0.35 *	[0.14–0.87]
Interactions
White *less than excellent	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
Black *excellent reports	0.62	[0.27–1.43]	0.30	[0.08–1.17]	0.31	[0.03–3.35]	1.00	[0.44–2.28]	1.51	[0.49–4.67]	7.67	[0.71–82.78]	1.29	[0.58–2.86]	1.17	[0.39–3.50]	1.86	[0.32–10.82]	0.95	[0.44–2.06]	0.29 *	[0.09–0.98]	0.53	[0.08–3.52]
Hispanic * excellent reports	1.02	[0.43–2.39]	0.56	[0.19–1.64]	0.49	[0.04–5.59]	1.81	[0.78–4.19]	0.62	[0.24–1.64]	0.48	[0.05–4.88]	1.28	[0.58–2.82]	1.02	[0.41–2.54]	8.91	[0.84–94.65]	0.93	[0.39–2.18]	0.40	[0.14–1.15]	1.00

Separate logistic regression models for each CAHPS measure were conducted; all models were adjusted for: age, marital status, SEER geographic region, self-reported comorbidities, tumor stage, type of surgery, medicare plan, survey administration mode, survey year, and time since survey

NH non-hispanic, Rx prescriptions

^†n = 1731 because of low variability of distribution of reports of getting needed drugs by outcome (surgery < 3 months) among Hispanic; Bold represents significant at

^*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001