Table A3.
Sensitivity Analyses: Factors Associated With Any Material Financial Hardship Associated With Cancer, Its Treatment, or Lasting Effects of Treatment, Age 18 to 64 Years, by Gender
| Male (n = 166) | Female (n = 399) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted Probability* | 95% CI | Wald F P | Adjusted Probability* | 95% CI | Wald F P | |
| Current age, years | .834 | .011 | ||||
| 18-54 | 20.5 | (12.5 to 31.8) | 39.7 | (31.8 to 48.0) | — | |
| 55-64 | 19.3 | (12.7 to 28.4) | 24.9 | (18.8 to 32.3) | — | |
| Race/ethnicity | .293 | .018 | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white only | 18.6 | (12.2 to 27.3) | 30.0 | (24.5 to 36.2) | ||
| All other race/ethnicities | 26.1 | (14.7 to 42.1) | 42.4 | (33.1 to 52.2) | ||
| Current marital status | .797 | .456 | ||||
| Married | 19.1 | (12.8 to 27.7) | 31.1 | (25.0 to 37.8) | ||
| Not married‡ | 20.8 | (11.5 to 34.6) | 34.8 | (27.1 to 43.5) | ||
| Current family income as percent of poverty level§ | .711 | .845 | ||||
| Q1: < 185.24 | 39.0 | (21.2 to 60.2) | 34.1 | (25.6 to 43.7) | ||
| Q2: 185.24-328.31 | 21.1 | (11.5 to 35.6) | 36.5 | (26.0 to 48.5) | ||
| Q3: 328.32-589.40 | 16.7 | (8.3 to 30.7) | 32.1 | (23.6 to 41.9) | ||
| Q4: ≥ 589.41 | 7.4 | (2.4 to 20.8) | 27.3 | (14.6 to 45.1) | ||
| Employment change due to cancer | .006 | < .001 | ||||
| Employed at or after diagnosis and took extended paid or unpaid leave or switched to part time | 34.9 | (22.7 to 49.5) | 56.1 | (46.2 to 65.5) | ||
| Employed, but did not take extended leave | 11.3 | (5.8 to 21.0) | 25.4 | (18.7 to 33.6) | ||
| Not employed at or after diagnosis/missing | 15.2 | (7.1 to 29.5) | 17.0 | (11.3 to 24.8) | ||
| Current health insurance‖ | .282 | .344 | ||||
| Age 18-64, any private | 15.8 | (9.4 to 25.4) | 29.7 | (24.0 to 36.1) | ||
| Age 18-64, public only | 29.7 | (15.0 to 50.1) | 39.0 | (26.0 to 53.8) | ||
| Age 18-64, uninsured | 30.3 | (13.0 to 55.9) | 42.7 | (26.2 to 61.2) | ||
| Number of MEPS priority conditions (excluding cancer)¶ | .253 | .887 | ||||
| 0-1 | 23.3 | (15.5 to 33.4) | 32.3 | (25.2 to 40.4) | ||
| 2-8 | 16.9 | (10.3 to 26.5) | 33.1 | (26.5 to 40.4) | ||
| Time since last treatment, years | .083 | .127 | ||||
| 1 | 24.6 | (13.7 to 40.3) | 40.3 | (30.4 to 51.1) | ||
| 1 to < 5 | 24.7 | (16.2 to 35.9) | 37.1 | (28.3 to 46.8) | ||
| ≥ 5#/never treated/missing | 12.1 | (6.3 to 22.0) | 28.4 | (21.8 to 36.2) | ||
NOTE. Data from 2011 MEPS Experiences with Cancer Survey. Boldface type indicates statistical significance.
Abbreviations: MEPS, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey; Q, quartile (Q1 is lowest income quartile as a percentage of poverty line and Q4 is highest income quartile).
Predicted marginals from a multivariable logistic regression.
Not married includes widowed, divorced, separated, or never married.
Quartiles of family income as a percent of poverty level defined based on distribution in full sample.
Public insurance included Medicare, Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program, and/or other public hospital/physician coverage. Age less than 65, public only, comprised people younger than age 65 who had one or more types of public coverage and did not have private coverage. Age ≥ 65, Medicare and other public, comprised people age 65 and older who had both Medicare and one or more other types of public coverage. TRICARE/CHAMPVA was treated as private coverage, as were employer-based, union-based, and other private insurance.
MEPS priority conditions include: arthritis, asthma, diabetes, emphysema, heart disease (angina, coronary heart disease, heart attack, other heart condition/disease), high cholesterol, hypertension, and stroke.
Years since last treatment top-coded at ≥ 20 by the MEPS.