Table 1.
Patient characteristics and demographics
| Variable (N) | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Patients enrolled |
11457 |
| Gender (11345) |
|
| Male |
5836 (51%) |
| Female |
5509 (49%) |
| Median age (range), years |
67 (7 – 100) |
| Age groups (10886) |
|
| < 20 |
21 (0.2%) |
| 20 – 29 |
115 (1.1%) |
| 30 – 39 |
235 (2.2%) |
| 40 – 49 |
829 (7.6%) |
| 50 – 59 |
1879 (17.3%) |
| 60 – 69 |
3083 (28.3%) |
| 70 – 79 |
3183 (29.2%) |
| ≥ 80 |
1541 (14.2%) |
| Median weight (pounds) |
170 |
| Median height (inches) |
67 |
| Median Karnofsky score (range) |
90 (10–100) |
| Race/ethnicity (10352) |
|
| Caucasian |
9269 (89.5%) |
| Black/African American |
682 (6.6%) |
| Hispanic |
185 (1.8%) |
| Asian |
83 (0.8%) |
| Pacific-Asian Islander |
13 (0.1%) |
| Other |
51 (0.5%) |
| Don’t know |
69 (0.7%) |
| Primary health insurance (10547) |
|
| Private |
40% |
| Medicare |
54.4% |
| Self-pay/none |
0.7% |
| Patients not treated with SRS/SBRT |
1060 (9%) |
| Reason for not completing SRS/SBRT (1060) |
|
| SRS/SBRT determined not clinically appropriate after further review |
272 (25.7%) |
| Patient has extensive disease |
226 (21.3%) |
| Patient declined SRS/SBRT |
148 (14.0%) |
| Watchful waiting indicated |
109 (10.3%) |
| Payment not pre-authorized |
53 (5.0%) |
| Alternative insurance-covered treatment elected |
44 (4.2%) |
| Other |
29 (2.7%) |
| Patient not able to tolerate SRS/SBRT |
16 (1.5%) |
| Co-morbidities rule out SRS/SBRT | 15 (1.4%) |