Table 5.
Logistic regression results for main effects of neighborhood poverty and primary payer by gender on receipt of colon cancer surgery among patients with non-metastasized disease
| |
Women |
Men |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictor variables | No.a | OR | (95%CI) | No.a | OR | (95%CI) |
| Single predictor models | ||||||
| Neighborhood poverty | ||||||
| < 5% poor |
774 |
1.00 |
|
713 |
1.00 |
|
| 5-29% poor |
762 |
0.50* |
(0.24, 1.06) |
675 |
0.32 |
(0.11, 0.90) |
| ≥ 30% poor |
761 |
0.38 |
(0.19, 0.78) |
637 |
0.35* |
(0.12, 1.01) |
| Primary payer | ||||||
| Uninsured |
94 |
1.00 |
|
109 |
1.00 |
|
| Medicaid |
113 |
9.66 |
(1.12, 83.68) |
74 |
2.49 |
(0.26, 23.47) |
| Medicare |
1,135 |
5.12 |
(1.85, 14.20) |
844 |
3.80 |
(1.06, 13.58) |
| Private |
955 |
3.39 |
(1.30, 8.88) |
998 |
10.09 |
(2.62, 38.85) |
| Full models | ||||||
| < 5% poor |
774 |
1.00 |
7.13 |
1.00 |
|
|
| 5-29% poor |
762 |
0.49* |
(0.23, 1.03) |
675 |
0.32 |
(0.11, 0.91) |
| ≥ 30% poor |
761 |
0.37 |
(0.18, 0.77) |
637 |
0.41 |
(0.14, 1.19) |
| Primary payer | ||||||
| Uninsured |
94 |
1.00 |
|
109 |
1.00 |
|
| Medicaid |
113 |
10.14 |
(1.17, 87.92) |
74 |
2.82 |
(0.30, 26.85) |
| Medicare |
1,135 |
4.43 |
(1.58, 12.47) |
844 |
3.93 |
(1.08, 14.27) |
| Private | 955 | 2.65* | (0.99, 7.08) | 998 | 9.98 | (2.53, 39.33) |
Notes. OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval. All effects were age- and stage-adjusted across these categories: 25–59, 60–69, 70–79 and 80 or older; and stage I, stage II and stage III.
* p < .10.