Table 1. Sociodemographic and healthcare utilization characteristics for breast cancer survivors recruited through an academic medical center's cancer registry and responded to a mailed survey, 2011 (N = 372).
Characteristics | N (%) |
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Age (years) | |
≤49 | 35 (9.4) |
50–64 | 188 (50.5) |
65+ | 149 (40.1) |
Race/ethnicity | |
Hispanic | 33 (8.9) |
NH White | 270 (72.6) |
NH Black | 57 (15.3) |
NH Other | 12 (3.2) |
Married/live with partner (yes) | 243 (65.4) |
Education* | |
<HS/HS diploma/GED | 74 (19.8) |
Some college/technical degree | 121 (32.5) |
Bachelor's degree | 104 (27.9) |
Graduate degree | 74 (19.8) |
Insurance status* | |
Private/VA | 244 (65.5) |
Medicare/medigap | 86 (23.1) |
Medicaid/state | 31 (8.4) |
None | 11 (3.0) |
Follow-up care in 2010/11 (yes) | 331 (89.0) |
Provider type, 2010/2011 follow-up care | |
No provider | 41 (11.0) |
PCP only | 11 (3.0) |
Oncologist only | 254 (68.3) |
PCP and oncologist | 66 (17.7) |
Years since diagnosis | |
<5 years | 221 (59.4) |
≥5 years | 151 (40.6) |
NH Non-Hispanic, HS high school, GED general educational development, VA Veteran's affairs, PCP primary care physician
Reduced sample size for married/live with partner (n = 370), education (n = 369), and insurance status (n = 368) due to missing data