Table 5.
Analyses for socioeconomic patient characteristics and delay (after exclusion of gender-specific cancers). Univariate and multivariate analyses for socioeconomic patient characteristics and the three delay stages in the patient population after exclusion of gender-specific cancers, 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 | ||
| Gender | Female | 373(81) | 1 | 124(35) | 1 | 575(53) | 1 | 199(18) | 1 | 428(119) | 1 | 173(44) | 1 |
| Male | 471(107) | 1.06(0.74 to 1.52) | 164(42) | 0.77(0.42 to 1.44) | 670(77) | 1.28(0.87 to 1.88) | 233(34) | 2.11(1.11 to 4.02) | 469(136) | 1.06(0.81 to 1.39) | 200(54) | 1.18(0.73 to 1.93) | |
| Age | 18–49 | 71(19) | 0.94(0.52 to 1.71) | 36(11) | 1.00(0.41 to 2.46) | 131(14) | 1.19(0.65 to 2.17) | 72(7) | 0.95(0.37 to 2.42) | 116(31) | 1.00(0.64 to | 66(16) | 1.13(0.55 to 2.30) |
| 50–69 | 369(103) | 1 | 152(53) | 1 | 526(48) | 1 | 221(27) | 1 | 407(109) | 1 | 192(48) | 1 | |
| 70+ | 404(66) | 0.50(0.36 to 0.71) | 100(13) | 0.30(0.13 to 0.71) | 588(68) | 1.30(0.91 to 1.86) | 139(18) | 1.34(0.51 to 3.54) | 374(115) | 1.21(0.89 to 1.66) | 115(34) | 1.15(0.50 to 2.63) | |
| Marital status | Cohabiting | 229(62) | 1 | 204(58) | 1 | 348(42) | 1 | 310(39) | 1 | 304(75) | 1 | 273(66) | 1 |
| Single | 103(23) | 0.77(0.45 to 1.35) | 84(19) | 0.98(0.51 to 1.90) | 152(17) | 0.92(0.51 to 1.64) | 122(13) | 0.67(0.33 to 1.36) | 124(38) | 1.35(0.85 to 2.14) | 100(32) | 1.07(0.60 to 1.89) | |
| Having children | Yes | 301(74) | 1 | 262(67) | 1 | 450(50) | 1 | 390(46) | 1 | 381(99) | 1 | 334(86) | 1 |
| No | 28(10) | 1.70(0.75 to 3.86) | 26(10) | 1.63(0.67 to 3.96) | 46(8) | 1.68(0.75 to 3.78) | 42(6) | 1.37(0.52 to 3.59) | 43(13) | 1.23(0.61 to 2.48) | 39(12) | 1.14(0.52 to 2.54) | |
| Education | < 3 years | 178(47) | 1 | 159(43) | 1 | 263(37) | 1 | 234(35) | 1 | 230(59) | 1 | 206(51) | 1 |
| ≥ 3 years | 94(26) | 1.07(0.59 to 1.93) | 90(25) | 0.92(0.46 to 1.82) | 140(5) | 0.23(0.09 to 0.56) | 133(5) | 0.23(0.09 to 0.63) | 120(31) | 1.01(0.60 to 1.70) | 113(30) | 1.45(0.82 to 2.57) | |
| No | 47(11) | 0.85(0.40 to 1.83) | 39(9) | 1.39(0.53 to 3.66) | 79(15) | 1.43(0.74 to 2.77) | 65(12) | 1.59(0.74 to 3.41) | 66(20) | 1.26(0.69 to 2.29) | 54(17) | 1.20(0.60 to 2.41) | |
| Occupation | Working1 | 122(37) | 1 | 114(35) | 1 | 191(18) | 1 | 177(18) | 1 | 175(39) | 1 | 161(35) | 1 |
| Not working2 | 43(17) | 1.50(0.71 to 3.18) | 36(17) | 2.22(0.96 to 5.13) | 70(11) | 1.79(0.79 to 4.04) | 57(10) | 1.64(0.71 to 3.82) | 56(17) | 1.52(0.78 to 2.98) | 46(15) | 1.43(0.66 to 3.09) | |
| Retirees3 | 167(31) | 0.52(0.30 to 0.93) | 138(25) | 1.02(0.42 to 2.47) | 240(30) | 1.02(0.42 to 2.47) | 198(24) | 0.90(0.32 to 2.52) | 198(57) | 1.41(0.89 to 2.23) | 166(48) | 1.01(0.42 to 2.41) | |
| Household income | Low/middle | 250(61) | 1 | 222(55) | 1 | 377(48) | 1 | 335(44) | 1 | 320(96) | 1 | 286(86) | 1 |
| High | 68(22) | 1.48(0.79 to 2.77) | 66(22) | 0.96(0.40 to 2.30) | 99(8) | 0.60(0.28 to 1.31) | 97(8) | 1.13(0.40 to 3.16) | 88(13) | 0.40(0.21 to 0.77) | 87(12) | 0.36(0.15 to 0.84) | |
| Household fortune | Small/medium | 188(43) | 1 | 171(39) | 1 | 295(39) | 1 | 272(38) | 1 | 258(78) | 1 | 241(71) | 1 |
| Large | 120(38) | 1.56(0.95 to 2.58) | 117(38) | 1.92(1.04 to 3.54) | 165(14) | 0.61(0.32 to 1.16) | 160(14) | 0.59(0.30 to 1.18) | 136(29) | 0.63(0.38 to 1.04) | 132(27) | 0.76(0.42 to 1.38) | |
| Smoking | No | 252(62) | 1 | 215(56) | 1 | 376(42) | 1 | 323(37) | 1 | 325(79) | 1 | 282(67) | 1 |
| Yes | 82(24) | 1.27(0.75 to 2.14) | 73(21) | 1.06(0.59 to 1.92) | 126(17) | 1.24(0.66 to 2.31) | 109(15) | 0.99(0.49 to 1.99) | 105(35) | 1.56(0.99 to 2.46) | 91(31) | 1.25(0.70 to 2.22) | |
| Alcohol intake per week4 | ≤21 | 297(73) | 1 | 258(66) | 1 | 449(51) | 1 | 389(46) | 1 | 384(98) | 1 | 335(84) | 1 |
| >21 | 31(12) | 1.94(0.92 to 4.09) | 30(11) | 1.63(0.70 to 3.79) | 45(6) | 1.20(0.47 to 3.05) | 43(6) | 1.43(0.51 to 3.96) | 39(14) | 1.63(0.81 to 3.30) | 38(14) | 2.01(0.90 to 4.47) | |
1Employed patients, students
2Unemployed patients, patients on disability retirement, patients on personal leave or sick leave 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