Table A6.
Sensitivity Analyses: Factors Associated With Any Psychologic 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 | .001 | .013 | ||||
| 65-74 | 25.2 | (17.0 to 35.8) | — | 18.9 | (13.2 to 26.3) | |
| ≥ 75† | 8.0 | (4.4 to 14.0) | — | 8.2 | (4.7 to 14.0) | |
| Race/ethnicity | .690 | .108 | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white only | 15.6 | (10.4 to 22.8) | 12.4 | (8.8 to 17.2) | ||
| All other race/ethnicities | 18.4 | (8.8 to 34.7) | 21.2 | (12.3 to 34.2) | ||
| Current marital status | .973 | .262 | ||||
| Married | 15.8 | (10.6 to 23.1) | 10.7 | (6.3 to 17.6) | ||
| Not married‡ | 16.0 | (9.1 to 26.5) | 15.7 | (10.7 to 22.4) | ||
| Current family income as percent of poverty line§ | .073 | .097 | ||||
| Q1: < 185.24 | 26.6 | (16.6 to 39.8) | 11.5 | (6.3 to 19.9) | ||
| Q2: 185.24-328.31 | 19.5 | (10.4 to 33.4) | 9.7 | (4.5 to 19.4) | ||
| Q3: 328.32-589.40 | 4.1 | (7.0 to 19.5) | 24.3 | (14.7 to 37.5) | ||
| Q4: ≥ 589.41 | 16.3 | (9.0 to 27.7) | 9.1 | (3.1 to 23.6) | ||
| Current health insurance‖ | .270 | .344 | ||||
| Age ≥ 65, Medicare and private† | 17.7 | (11.2 to 26.7) | 10.9 | (7.1 to 16.5) | ||
| Age ≥ 65, Medicare and other public† | 5.3 | (1.2 to 20.8) | 15.2 | (6.5 to 31.5) | ||
| Age ≥ 65, Medicare only† | 14.8 | (9.1 to 23.2) | 17.9 | (11.1 to 27.7) | ||
| Number of MEPS priority conditions (excluding cancer)¶ | .031 | .385 | ||||
| 0-1 | 28.0 | (15.7 to 44.8) | 9.5 | (3.8 to 21.7) | ||
| 2-8 | 13.8 | (9.2 to 20.3) | 14.7 | (10.4 to 20.2) | ||
| Time since last treatment, years | .340 | .044 | ||||
| 1 | 21.6 | (12.1 to 35.5) | 21.5 | (13.0 to 33.4) | ||
| 1 to < 5 | 10.8 | (5.0 to 21.8) | 19.6 | (10.8 to 32.8) | ||
| ≥ 5#/Never treated/missing | 15.5 | (9.8 to 23.8) | 9.2 | (5.4 to 15.2) | ||
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.
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.