TABLE 3.
Patient and Hospital Characteristics in NCI-Designated Centers Versus Other institutions
| Patient Characteristics | NCI-Designated Centers (n = 3632) |
Other Institutions (n = 98,699) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, yrs | <0.001 | ||
| <70 | 36.3% | 27.7% | |
| 70–75 | 24.3% | 21.7% | |
| 75–80 | 20.9% | 22.8% | |
| 80 | 18.5% | 27.8% | |
| Female | 81.4% | 81.3% | 0.96 |
| Race | 0.82 | ||
| White | 83.2% | 88.1% | |
| Black | 12.0% | 7.3% | |
| API | 4.4% | 4.2% | |
| Other | 0.5% | 0.5% | |
| Married | 51.4% | 47.6% | 0.17 |
| Charlson score | 0.05 | ||
| 0 | 68.0% | 64.7% | |
| 1 | 19.9% | 22.5% | |
| 2 | 5.8% | 6.8% | |
| 3+ | 6.4% | 6.0% | |
| Income quartile | 0.24 | ||
| 1 | 21.6% | 25.7% | |
| 2 | 23.4% | 25.0% | |
| 3 | 23.9% | 24.8% | |
| 4 | 31.1% | 24.5% | |
| Education quartile | 0.001 | ||
| 1 | 22.2% | 25.3% | |
| 2 | 30.8% | 24.4% | |
| 3 | 25.0% | 24.8% | |
| 4 | 22.1% | 25.5% | |
| Hospital Characteristics | (n = 31) | (n = 1429) | P |
| Number of hospital beds | <0.001 | ||
| Median (IQR) | 565 (433–879) | 173 (68–345) | |
| Geographic location | 0.07 | ||
| Northeast | 32.3% | 17.8% | |
| South | 9.7% | 24.8% | |
| Midwest | 22.6% | 17.4% | |
| West | 35.5% | 40.0% | |
| Urban | 74.2% | 68.4% | 0.49 |
| Oncology group | 96.8% | 39.6% | <0.001 |
| Therapeutic radiology | <0.001 | ||
| Not provided | 45.6% | 3.2% | |
| Provided under arrangement | 8.8% | 12.9% | |
| Provided by hospital | 45.6% | 83.9% | |
| Type of control | 0.05 | ||
| Voluntary | 64.5% | 58.6% | |
| Proprietary | 3.2% | 20.0% | |
| Governmental | 32.3% | 21.4% | |
| Medical school affiliation | 93.6% | 29.6% | <0.001 |
| Approved residency program | 80.7% | 18.9% | <0.001 |