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. 2015 Feb 2;33(7):764–772. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.58.0993

Table 3.

Coverage Priorities: Plan Coverage, Features, and Cost Ranked As “Very Important”

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Factor Survivors v Siblings
Survivors by Insurance Status
Survivors
Siblings
P Insured Survivors
Uninsured Survivors
P§ Multivariable Odds Ratios: Insured v Uninsured Survivors (reference)*
No. Weighted % No. Weighted % No. Weighted % No. Weighted % Odds Ratio 95% CI P
Plan coverage
    Primary care 639 94.6 182 90.4 .04 569 94.9 70 91.8 .33 1.59 0.52 to 4.81 .41
    Acute, cancer-specific care 579 86.0 156 80.9 .09 517 86.3 62 83.3 .53 1.43 0.66 to 3.06 .36
    Acute, non–cancer-specific care 539 81.3 158 80.4 .80 485 82.0 54 74.8 .17 1.80 0.94 to 3.46 .08
    Dental care 454 67.5 128 63.7 .34 395 66.2 59 79.1 .04 0.52 0.26 to 1.02 .06
    Vision care 408 60.7 102 49.3 .01 359 60.1 49 65.3 .44 0.86 0.48 to 1.54 .62
    Mental health care 271 40.2 73 40.5 .96 239 39.4 32 47.7 .22 0.82 0.47 to 1.43 .49
Plan features
    No waiting period before coverage begins 533 79.0 140 69.7 .01 471 78.6 62 82.0 .55 1.00 0.48 to 2.06 .99
    Choice of primary care physician 518 78.3 136 69.4 .01 465 78.8 53 74.2 .41 1.29 0.67 to 2.49 .45
    No coverage limits (lifetime or annual) 484 72.3 135 67.2 .19 430 72.1 54 74.0 .76 0.95 0.50 to 1.82 .88
    Ability to self-refer 376 56.7 102 51.1 .19 333 55.8 43 64.6 .19 0.74 0.41 to 1.32 .30
Plan cost
    Affordable premiums 594 88.1 169 83.7 .13 523 87.4 71 94.2 .15 0.48 0.14 to 1.62 .24
    No added expense due to pre-existing conditions 590 87.4 141 68.9 < .001 523 87.2 67 88.8 .73 1.00 0.42 to 2.42 .99
    Low deductible 496 73.4 135 64.5 .02 438 72.6 58 80.3 .20 0.68 0.35 to 1.34 .26
    Low co-pay 497 72.9 136 66.3 .09 437 72.2 60 79.6 .22 0.69 0.34 to 1.36 .28
*

Models adjusted for current age, sex, marital status, and chronic disease.

Percentages are weighted to reflect the population age distribution of the full Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort.

P value calculated for survivors and siblings, comparing those who indicate these features as “very important” with those rating the features as “somewhat important” to “not at all important.”

§

P value comparing insured survivors with uninsured survivors.