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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer J. 2014 Mar-Apr;20(2):97–104. doi: 10.1097/PPO.0000000000000039

Table 3.

Patient and Hospital Factors Associated with 12 Month Relative Hazard of Death-Cox Proportional Hazard Models

Limited-Stage Disease Extensive-Stage Disease

Hazard Ratio (95% CI)
N=288
Hazard Ratio (95% CI)
N=643

Age at diagnosis
<60 Ref Ref
60–69 1.30 (0.44, 3.79) 1.31 (0.91, 1.88)
70–79 2.16 (0.91, 5.14) 1.66 (1.12, 2.45)
80+ 1.81 (0.66, 4.97) 1.32 (0.84, 2.07)

Sex
Male Ref Ref
Female 0.96 (0.54, 1.73) 0.67 (0.51, 0.90)

Race/Ethnicity
White Ref Ref
Black 0.41 (0.17, 0.94) 1.16 (0.90, 1.49)
Hispanic 0.59 (0.24, 1.46) 0.73 (0.52, 1.02)
Other/Unknown 0.33 (0.14, 0.75) 0.79 (0.52, 1.20)

Insurance
Private Ref Ref
Any Medicaid 1.10 (0.42, 2.85) 0.91 (0.63, 1.33)
Medicare only 0.81 (0.41, 1.60) 1.48 (1.06, 2.06)
IHS/Tricare/VA/Military 1.80 (0.49, 6.61) 0.98 (0.42, 2.30)
Unknown/No Insurance 0.71 (0.20, 2.51) 1.28 (0.68, 2.41)

Charlson Comorbidity Score
0 0.48 (0.24, 0.96) 1.03 (0.76, 1.41)
1 Ref Ref
2+ 0.89 (0.47, 1.70) 1.15 (0.74, 1.78)

Pneumonia/Lung Collapse
No/Unknown Ref Ref
Yes 1.41 (0.73, 2.70) 1.50 (1.12, 2.01)

Treating Hospital Characteristics

Residency Program
No/Unknown Ref Ref
Yes 1.84 (1.00, 3.36) 0.76 (0.57, 1.00)

Hospital Ownership
Not-for-profit Ref Ref
For Profit 0.78 (0.30, 2.00) 0.87 (0.53, 1.44)
Government/Other 0.79 (0.36, 1.72) 0.94 (0.67, 1.32)

Treatment
No or unknown treatment 16.12 (7.89, 32.95) 5.45 (3.71, 8.01)
RT only 11.66 (5.09, 26.67) 3.60 (2.33, 5.58)
Any Chemo only 1.79 (0.59, 5.49) Ref
Any Chemo & RT Ref 0.80 (0.55, 1.16)

Overall-Unadjusted 12-Month Mortality 43.3% (N=129) 72.5% (N=469)