TABLE 1—
Patient-Reported Referral and Cost Factors Associated With Colonoscopy: Alachua County, FL, September 2011–October 2013
| Patient Characteristic | No. (%) | Patient’s First Colonoscopy (Yes = 42.4%) | P (χ2 or t) | Has Regular Doctor (Yes = 60.7%) | P (χ2 or t) | Paid Out of Pocket (Yes = 34.9%) | P (χ2 or t) | Procedure Was Financial Strain (Yes = 16.1%) | P (χ2 or t) | Procedure Was Worth the Cost (Yes = 93.1%) | P (χ2 or t) |
| Race, % | < .001 (χ2 = 25.7) | < .001 (χ2 = 15.5) | .012 (χ2 = 8.8) | .389 (χ2 = 1.9) | < .001 (χ2 = 35.3) | ||||||
| Black | 250 (15.4) | 52.6 | 72.8 | 27.2 | 16.2 | 86.8 | |||||
| White | 1247 (76.7) | 38.8 | 59.0 | 37.2 | 16.0 | 95.3 | |||||
| Other | 129 (8.0) | 55.9 | 60.8 | 33.3 | 20.8 | 85.1 | |||||
| Gender, % | .375 (χ2 = 0.8) | < .001 (χ2 = 12.2) | .13 (χ2 = 2.3) | .05 (χ2 = 3.8) | .57 (χ2 = 0.3) | ||||||
| Female | 1008 (61.8) | 41.5 | 57.7 | 33.6 | 17.7 | 93.0 | |||||
| Male | 623 (38.2) | 43.8 | 66.5 | 37.4 | 14.0 | 93.8 | |||||
| Income, % | < .001 (χ2 = 31.9) | < .001 (χ2 = 34.7) | < .001 (χ2 = 19.5) | < .001 (χ2 = 33.6) | < .008 (χ2 = 11.8) | ||||||
| < 20 000 | 380 (26.5) | 53.4 | 52.7 | 26.6 | 20.7 | 90.6 | |||||
| 20–49 000 | 490 (27.3) | 42.2 | 57.3 | 36.6 | 22.9 | 93.6 | |||||
| 50–79 000 | 286 (19.5) | 37.4 | 60.4 | 41.4 | 16.1 | 95.3 | |||||
| ≥ 80 000 | 392 (26.7) | 35.6 | 72.5 | 39.2 | 8.3 | 96.3 | |||||
| Employed (full- or part-time), % | < .001 (χ2 = 33.1) | .002 (χ2 = 9.4) | < .001 (χ2 = 41.6) | .349 (χ2 = 0.9) | .001 (χ2 = 10.8) | ||||||
| Yes | 898 (55.6) | 48.9 | 64.5 | 42.2 | 15.7 | 95.2 | |||||
| No | 716 (44.4) | 34.4 | 56.9 | 26.5 | 17.5 | 91.0 | |||||
| Lives with driver, % | .179 (χ2 = 1.8) | .014 (χ2 = 6.0) | .519 (χ2 = 0.4) | .952 (χ2 = 0.0) | .771 (χ2 = 0.8) | ||||||
| Yes | 1134 (69.9) | 41.3 | 62.8 | 35.6 | 16.1 | 93.3 | |||||
| No | 489 (30.1) | 44.9 | 56.3 | 33.9 | 16.3 | 93.7 | |||||
| Married or partnered, % | < .001 (χ2 = 13.9) | .106 (χ2 = 2.6) | .151 (χ2 = 2.1) | .534 (χ2 = 0.4) | .93 (χ2 = 0.0) | ||||||
| Yes | 1086 (67.3) | 39.2 | 62.5 | 36.5 | 16.8 | 93.3 | |||||
| No | 527 (32.7) | 49.1 | 58.2 | 32.8 | 15.5 | 93.4 | |||||
| Hispanic descent, % | .012 (χ2 = 6.3) | .034 (χ2 = 4.5) | .755 (χ2 = 0.1) | .486 (χ2 = 0.5) | .043 (χ2 = 4.1) | ||||||
| Yes | 88 (5.4) | 55.3 | 50.0 | 33.7 | 19.0 | 88.0 | |||||
| No | 1530 (94.6) | 41.5 | 61.6 | 35.4 | 16.2 | 93.6 | |||||
| Education, y (mean = 14.23 y) | .017 (t = −2.4) | .276 (t = 1.1) | < .001 (t = 3.8) | < .001 (t = −4.7) | < .001 (t = 4.3) | ||||||
| Answered “yes,” mean | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.5 | 13.7 | 14.33 | ||||||
| Answered “no,” mean | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 13.28 | ||||||
| Age, y (mean = 53.6 y) | < .001 (t = −13.0) | < .001 (t = 8.8) | < .001 (t = −7.1) | < .001 (t = −5.1) | .821 (t = 0.2) | ||||||
| Answered “yes,” mean | 48.8 | 55.9 | 50.4 | 49.8 | 53.48 | ||||||
| Answered “no,” mean | 57.1 | 50.0 | 55.3 | 54.4 | 53.18 |