Table A4.
Sensitivity Analyses: Factors Associated With Any Material Financial Hardship Associated With Cancer, Its Treatment, or Lasting Effects of Treatment, Age ≥ 65 Years, by Gender
| Male (n = 298) | Female (n = 334) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted Probability* | 95% CI | Wald F P | Adjusted Probability* | 95% CI | Wald F P | |
| Current age, years | .016 | .120 | ||||
| 65-74 | 20.1 | (13.5 to 28.7) | — | 16.4 | (10.8 to 24.2) | |
| ≥ 75† | 8.9 | (5.0 to 15.4) | — | 10.1 | (0.59 to 16.7) | |
| Race/ethnicity | .085 | .387 | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white only | 13.3 | (8.9 to 19.3) | 12.7 | (8.5 to 18.7) | ||
| All other race/ethnicities | 23.2 | (14.0 to 36.0) | 17.5 | (9.5 to 30.1) | ||
| Current marital status | .983 | .617 | ||||
| Married | 14.2 | (9.5 to 20.7) | 11.9 | (6.4 to 21.1) | ||
| Not married‡ | 14.1 | (7.7 to 24.4) | 14.4 | (9.4 to 21.3) | ||
| Current family income as percent of poverty line§ | .592 | .644 | ||||
| Q1: < 185.24 | 17.6 | (10.0 to 29.1) | 14.6 | (7.3 to 27.1) | ||
| Q2: 185.24-328.31 | 11.7 | (6.1 to 21.1) | 11.6 | (5.8 to 21.9) | ||
| Q3: 328.32-589.40 | 10.0 | (3.8 to 23.6) | 17.5 | (9.5 to 30.1) | ||
| Q4: ≥ 589.41 | 17.8 | (9.7 to 30.2) | 8.6 | (2.7 to 24.7) | ||
| Current health insurance‖ | .218 | .641 | ||||
| Age ≥ 65, Medicare and private† | 13.9 | (9.1 to 20.6) | 12.0 | (7.5 to 18.7) | ||
| Age ≥ 65, Medicare and other public† | 5.0 | (1.2 to 18.3) | 18.1 | (7.7 to 36.9) | ||
| Age ≥ 65, Medicare only† | 17.2 | (10.1 to 27.8) | 14.6 | (8.3 to 24.2) | ||
| Number of MEPS priority conditions (excluding cancer)¶ | .156 | .175 | ||||
| 0-1 | 22.0 | (11.4 to 38.2) | 19.8 | (10.6 to 34.0) | ||
| 2-8 | 12.7 | (8.6 to 18.5) | 11.6 | (7.5 to 17.6) | ||
| Time since last treatment, years | .418 | .443 | ||||
| 1 | 10.3 | (4.8 to 20.9) | 18.9 | (10.3 to 32.3) | ||
| 1 to < 5 | 12.9 | (6.6 to 23.7) | 13.5 | (6.0 to 27.6) | ||
| ≥ 5#/never treated/missing | 17.1 | (11.1 to 25.3) | 11.5 | (6.8 to 18.8) | ||
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.
Age top-coded ≥ 85 years by the MEPS.
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 <65, public only, comprised people younger than 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.