Table 3.
Parameter Coefficients of Models Predicting Log of Days from Diagnosis to Mastectomy and Probability of Reconstruction
| Days to Surgery, Log-normal, Linked Patients (N = 3,272) | Reconstruction Within 1 Year, Linear Probability Model, Linked Patients (N = 3,641) | Reconstruction Within 1 Year, Linear Probability Model, All VHI Patients (N = 5,205) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insurance status | |||
| Uninsured | −0.04 (0.07) | −0.25 (0.04)*** | −0.25 (0.03)*** |
| Private | Referent | Referent | Referent |
| Medicaid | 0.04 (0.08) | −0.19 (0.05)*** | −0.20 (0.03)*** |
| Hospital safety net status | |||
| Safety net hospital | 0.39 (0.19)** | −0.08 (0.13) | 0.06 (0.15) |
| Non-safety net | Referent | Referent | Referent |
| Age | 0.004 (0.002)** | −0.01 (0.001)*** | −0.01 (0.001)*** |
| Race | |||
| African American | 0.21 (0.04)*** | −0.06 (0.02)*** | −0.08 (0.02)*** |
| White | Referent | Referent | Referent |
| Stage | |||
| 0/I | 0.20 (0.03)*** | 0.13 (0.02)*** | −0.11 (0.01)*** |
| II/III | Referent | Referent | Referent |
| Obesity and/or diabetes | 0.07 (0.04)* | −0.11 (0.02)*** | −0.09 (0.02)*** |
| Neoadjuvant chemotherapy | N/A | −0.13 (0.03)*** | −0.13 (0.04)*** |
| Reconstruction with mastectomy | 0.44 (0.03)*** | N/A | N/A |
| Had radiation | N/A | −0.13 (0.02)*** | −0.02 (0.01)** |
| Distance travelled to hospital | |||
| ≤20 miles | −0.11 (0.07) | 0.02 (0.04) | −0.02 (0.03) |
| 21–60 miles | −0.07 (0.08) | 0.01 (0.04) | −0.02 (0.03) |
| >60 miles | Referent | Referent | Referent |
| Socioeconomic score | 0.003 (0.001)*** | 0.003 (0.001)*** | N/A |
Notes. SE, standard errors shown in parentheses.
**
p < .05,
***
p < .01.
VHI, Virginia Health Information.