Table 1.

Patient Characteristics by Type of Supplement Insurance Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Cancer in Selected Years

Characteristic	All Patients (N = 1,200)		Insurance Type
			Medicare With Private Insurance (n = 549)		Medicare Only (n = 304)		Medicare and Medicaid (n = 347)
	No.	%*	No.	%*	No.	%*	No.	%*
Age group, years
65-69	283	21.5	138	24.5	62	11.9	83	26.2
70-74	303	25.3	133	25.9	72	24.1	98	25.5
75-79	284	24.8	122	21.7	84	33.4	78	22.0
80-84	195	17.8	100	18.3	44	16.9	51	17.5
≥ 85	135	10.6	56	9.6	42	13.7	37	8.8
Race
Non-Hispanic white	578	80.3	357	90.2	165	82.1	56	44.1
Non-Hispanic black	269	9.1	94	5.4	71	8.7	104	22.2
Hispanic	161	4.6	49	1.9	37	4.5	75	14.1
Asian/Pacific Islander	181	5.9	45	2.4	29	4.6	107	19.5
American Indian†	11	0.1	< 11	—	< 11	—	< 11	—
Marital status
Married	577	51.2	303	58.8	146	44.1	128	36.8
Unmarried	623	48.8	246	41.2	158	55.9	219	63.2
Cancer site and stage
Breast IIB-III	120	19.4	62	23.0	23	12.2	35	18.5
Colon III	234	12.2	108	11.6	59	14.4	67	10.8
Rectal II-III	301	17.7	124	15.7	89	22.1	88	17.3
NSCLC II-IV	288	45.2	125	43.9	60	45.9	103	48.8
Ovarian II-IV	257	5.5	130	5.8	73	5.5	54	4.6
Charlson comorbidity score
0	772	59.2	360	59.1	205	62.9	360	59.1
1	313	29.3	139	29.1	72	26.2	139	29.1
≥ 2	115	11.6	50	11.8	27	11.0	50	11.8
Prediagnosis physician visit in nursing home
No	1,156	96.3	542	98.5	294	96.7	324	92.5
Yes	44	3.7	< 11	—	< 11	—	23	7.5

Abbreviation: NSCLC, non–small-cell lung cancer

^*Weighted.

^†Exact cell sizes < 11 are suppressed to protect patient confidentiality.