Table 3.

Results From Multivariable Logistic Regression Analysis

Factor	Unstaged or Unknown-Stage Cancer		Distant-Stage Cancer		Definitive Treatment for Locoregional Cancer*
	Adjusted OR	95% CI	Adjusted OR	95% CI	Adjusted OR	95% CI
Mental illness
Yes	0.61†	0.44 to 0.86	0.59†	0.40 to 0.85	1.04	0.84 to 1.29
No‡	1.0		1.0		1.0
Age, years
18-39‡	1.0		1.0		1.0
40-49	1.22	0.64 to 2.34	0.76	0.42 to 1.37	0.63§	0.43 to 0.93
50-59	0.98	0.50 to 1.91	0.84	0.46 to 1.54	0.67	0.45 to 0.99
60-64	1.57	0.80 to 3.09	1.01	0.53 to 1.92	0.68	0.44 to 1.03
Race
African American	1.13	0.76 to 1.68	1.29	0.84 to 1.98	0.92	0.71 to 1.17
Other‡	1.0		1.0		1.0
Marital status
Married‡	1.0		1.0		1.0
Not married	1.00	0.65 to 1.57	1.34	0.84 to 2.13	1.39§	1.08 to 1.79
Unknown	2.06†	1.26 to 3.38	1.15	0.63 to 2.12	1.20	0.86 to 1.67
Region
Appalachian	1.42	0.77 to 2.63	0.76	0.40 to 1.45	1.13	0.78 to 1.62
Metro	1.32	0.74 to 2.32	0.84	0.49 to 1.45	0.80	0.58 to 1.11
Rural	0.80	0.36 to 1.79	1.27	0.65 to 2.50	1.26	0.82 to 1.95
Suburban‡	1.0		1.0		1.0
Comorbidities
Yes	0.86	0.55 to 1.35	0.44‖	0.28 to 0.69	1.60†	1.21 to 2.12
No‡	1.0		1.0		1.0
Nursing home
Yes	4.17‖	2.25 to 7.71	3.91‖	1.84 to 8.30	0.95	0.55 to 1.63
No‡	1.0		1.0		1.0
Medicare
Yes	0.75	0.48 to 1.19	0.60	0.35 to 1.03	0.74§	0.58 to 0.96
No†	1.0		1.0		1.0
Disability
Yes	1.38	0.91 to 2.08	1.61§	1.02 to 2.54	1.79‖	1.38 to 2.31
No‡	1.0		1.0		1.0
Spend-down program
Yes	1.35	0.83 to 2.20	0.97	0.53 to 1.79	1.29	0.95 to 1.76
No†	1.0		1.0		1.0
Length of enrollment in Medicaid before cancer diagnosis, years	0.92§	0.86 to 0.98	0.93§	0.86 to 0.99	1.00	0.96 to 1.04
Cancer stage
Local	—		—		3.06‖	2.50 to 3.73
Regional‡					1.0

Abbreviation: OR, odds ratio.

^*Analysis of receipt of definitive treatment was limited to patients with local- or regional-stage cancer.

^†P < .01.

^‡Referent.

^§P < .05.

^‖P < .001. All other statistics not significant at P < .05.