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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Mar 23;17(8):1989–1994. doi: 10.1245/s10434-010-0980-9

TABLE 1.

NQF standard 1: compliance with whole-breast irradiation (WBI)a by institution and insurance type

Variable WBI, n (%) No WBI, n (%) P
Institution typeb 0.0030
 Academic 1708 (92.4%) 140 (7.5%)
 Community 810 (90.9%) 81 (9.1%)
 Teaching affiliate 722 (95.2%) 36 (4.8%)
Insurance typec 0.0007
 Insured 3116 (92.9%) 237 (7.1%)
 Medicaid/none 115 (85.2%) 20 (14.8%)
a

Includes data for patients aged <70 and excludes those known to have had mastectomy

b

WBI data missing for 852 patients

c

WBI or insurance data missing for 861 patients