Table 4.
Analyses for socioeconomic patient characteristics and delay (men). Univariate and multivariate analyses for socioeconomic patient characteristics and the three delay stages in men, accounting for patient clustering within general practitioners. N in each column is the number of answers with complete data with the number of patients with long delays provided in brackets. Results are presented as odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs).
| Predictors | Patient delay; OR(95%CI) | Doctor delay; OR(95%CI) | System delay; OR(95%CI) | ||||||||||
| N | Univariate | N | Multivariate | N | Univariate | N | Multivariate | N | Univariate | N | Multivariate | ||
| Age | 18–49 | 52(9) | 0.43(0.20 to 0.92) | 25(5) | 0.63(0.19 to 2.11) | 78(8) | 1.10(0.50 to 2.44) | 39(3) | 0.80(0.19 to 3.42) | 68(13) | 0.53(0.28 to 0.99) | 37(8) | 0.68(0.27 to 1.72) |
| 50–69 | 259(85) | 1 | 109(37) | 1 | 384(36) | 1 | 167(21) | 1 | 278(86) | 1 | 134(43) | 1 | |
| 70+ | 292(61) | 0.54(0.37 to 0.79) | 97(20) | 0.45(0.20 to 1.00) | 421(54) | 1.42(0.96 to 2.10) | 132(43) | 1.07(0.47 to 2.45) | 263(104) | 1.46(1.04 to 2.06) | 103(39) | 1.25(0.57 to 2.76) | |
| Marital status | Cohabiting | 212(56) | 1 | 185(49) | 1 | 308(40) | 1 | 270(37) | 1 | 249(86) | 1 | 220(72) | 1 |
| Single | 61(16) | 0.99(0.50 to 1.95) | 46(13) | 1.18(0.46 to 3.06) | 85(8) | 0.70(0.32 to 1.51) | 68(6) | 0.45(0.17 to 1.18) | 67(22) | 0.93(0.50 to 1.71) | 54(18) | 0.96(0.44 to 2.10) | |
| Having children | Yes | 244(63) | 1 | 208(54) | 1 | 354(41) | 1 | 308(39) | 1 | 284(99) | 1 | 250(84) | 1 |
| No | 24(8) | 1.44(0.58 to 3.55) | 23(8) | 1.58(0.50 to 5.02) | 32(5) | 1.41(0.53 to 3.77) | 30(4) | 1.50(0.43 to 5.21) | 26(7) | 0.69(0.28 to 1.71) | 24(6) | 0.64(0.19 to 2.14) | |
| Education | < 3 years | 171(45) | 1 | 143(37) | 1 | 242(35) | 1 | 208(32) | 1 | 194(67) | 1 | 168(55) | 1 |
| ≥ 3 years | 77(23) | 1.19(0.66 to 2.15 | 74(22) | 1.02(0.49 to 2.13 | 110(6) | 0.34(0.14 to 0.81 | 106(6) | 0.40(0.16 to 1.00 | 90(29) | 0.90(0.51 to 1.58) | 86(27) | 1.02(0.54 to 1.93 | |
| No | 17(3) | 0.60(0.17 to 2.10) | 14(3) | 0.81(0.21 to 3.14) | 31(6) | 1.42(0.56 to 3.57) | 24(5) | 1.31(0.48 to 3.57) | 25(9) | 1.07(0.44 to 2.56) | 20(8) | 1.30(0.47 to 3.56) | |
| Occupation | Working1 | 89(23) | 1 | 82(21) | 1 | 133(13) | 1 | 125(11) | 1 | 114(30) | 1 | 108(27) | 1 |
| Not working2 | 25(9) | 1.61(0.66 to 3.92 | 21(9) | 2.36(0.86 to 6.52 | 37(6) | 1.79(0.62 to 5.17 | 31(6) | 1.88(0.61 to 5.83 | 31(12) | 1.77(0.73 to 4.28 | 27(12) | 2.32(0.85 to 6.32 | |
| Retirees3 | 158(39) | 0.94(0.52 to 1.71) | 128(32) | 1.67(0.68 to 4.10) | 222(29) | 1.39(0.71 to 2.69) | 182(26) | 1.27(0.48 to 3.39) | 170(64) | 1.69(1.02 to 2.79) | 139(51) | 1.31(0.54 to 3.20) | |
| Household income | Low/middle | 207(52) | 1 | 179(44) | 1 | 293(42) | 1 | 258(38) | 1 | 233(82) | 1 | 206(72) | 1 |
| High | 54(18) | 1.49(0.75 to 2.95) | 52(18) | 1.23(0.46 to 3.30) | 82(5) | 0.39(0.15 to 1.04) | 80(5) | 0.59(0.20 to 1.75) | 69(19) | 0.70(0.38 to 1.29) | 68(18) | 1.02(0.44 to 2.37) | |
| Household fortune | Small/medium | 131(29) | 1 | 116(25) | 1 | 199(26) | 1 | 183(26) | 1 | 163(60) | 1 | 151(53) | 1 |
| Large | 120(37) | 1.57(0.88 to 2.80) | 115(37) | 1.83(0.89 to 3.78) | 161(18) | 0.84(0.44 to 1.60) | 155(17) | 0.86(0.41 to 1.80) | 128(38) | 0.72(0.44 to 1.20) | 123(37) | 0.77(0.42 to 1.41) | |
| Smoking | No | 204(52) | 1 | 168(45) | 1 | 296(36) | 1 | 250(32) | 1 | 241(80) | 1 | 205(65) | 1 |
| Yes | 70(20) | 1.17(0.64 to 2.15) | 63(17) | 1.03(0.50 to 2.13) | 98(12) | 1.01(0.50 to 2.02) | 88(11) | 0.86(0.42 to 1.79) | 76(28) | 1.17(0.71 to 1.95) | 69(25) | 1.11(0.61 to 2.01) | |
| Alcohol intake per week4 | ≤21 | 237(58) | 1 | 251(63) | 1 | 345(42) | 1 | 296(38) | 1 | 275(92) | 1 | 239(77) | 1 |
| >21 | 31(13) | 2.23(1.05 to 4.73) | 17(3) | 1.86(0.81 to 4.28) | 43(5) | 0.95(0.35 to 2.60) | 42(5) | 1.25(0.42 to 3.73) | 36(13) | 1.12(0.54 to 2.36) | 35(13) | 1.24(0.54 to 2.83) | |
1Working patients, students
2Unemployed patients, patients on disability retirement, patients on personal leave or sick leaves not caused by the cancer, housewives
3Early retired (age: 60–64) or retired (age: ≥ 65) employee
4According to recommendations from the Danish National Board of Health: maximum 21 units per week for men and 14 units per week for women