Table 5.
Results from logistic regression models examining effects of hospital characteristics on the receipt of any adjuvant therapy among patients who received curative surgery for pancreatic cancer. This model exclude patients with missing hospital characteristics (N=1,339).
| Unadjusted Models | Full Model* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds ratio | 95% CI | P | Odds ratio | 95% CI | P | |
| Membership in a cooperative group | ||||||
| No | 1.00 | - | - | 1.00 | - | - |
| Yes | 1.50 | 1.12–2.01 | 0.006 | 0.95 | 0.66–1.36 | 0.764 |
| NCI Cancer Center Designation | ||||||
| None | 1.00 | - | - | 1.00 | - | - |
| Comprehensive | 1.23 | 0.92–1.65 | 0.166 | 0.95 | 0.65–1.40 | 0.803 |
| Clinical | 0.84 | 0.38–1.87 | 0.672 | 3.26 | 1.13–9.42 | 0.029 |
| Hospital Type | ||||||
| Non-profit | 1.00 | - | - | 1.00 | - | - |
| Proprietary | 0.80 | 0.50–1.29 | 0.362 | 1.46 | 0.82–2.61 | 0.199 |
| Government | 0.64 | 0.46–0.90 | 0.009 | 0.66 | 0.45–0.99 | 0.046 |
| Urban/Rural Status | ||||||
| Urban | 1.00 | - | - | 1.00 | - | - |
| Rural | 0.55 | 0.30–1.01 | 0.055 | 1.19 | 0.57–2.45 | 0.646 |
| Unknown | 0.58 | 0.17–1.99 | 0.385 | 0.92 | 0.23–3.76 | 0.913 |
| Teaching Hospital | ||||||
| No | 1.00 | - | - | 1.00 | - | - |
| Yes | 1.18 | 0.70–1.98 | 0.540 | 1.20 | 0.64–2.26 | 0.565 |
| Unknown | 0.87 | 0.50–1.53 | 0.628 | 1.36 | 0.70–2.64 | 0.369 |
| Hospital Size | ||||||
| Quartile 1 | 1.00 | - | - | 1.00 | - | - |
| Quartile 2 | 1.44 | 1.06–1.96 | 0.020 | 1.49 | 1.03–2.17 | 0.037 |
| Quartile 3 | 1.46 | 1.07–1.98 | 0.016 | 1.61 | 1.08–2.40 | 0.021 |
| Quartile 4 | 1.97 | 1.45–2.68 | <0.001 | 1.85 | 1.20–2.86 | 0.006 |
*
Model adjusted for year of diagnosis, age, gender, race, stage, comorbidity, registry, and income.