Table 4.
Subgroup analysis comparing the waiting time from first medical visit and treatment initiation and between diagnosis and treatment initiation with staging, source of referral, and year of referral to a reference centre for breast cancer treatment in Cariri, Brazil, between 2009 and 2011
| Variables | Waiting time (days)* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First medical visit and treatment initiation | Diagnosis and treatment initiation | |||
| Group | I | III | I | III |
| Waiting time | 20 (43) | 68.5 (84) | 73.5 (89) | 43.5 (58) |
| Staging | ||||
| I | 27.5 (53) | 48 (41) | 95 (109) | 38.5 (28) |
| II | 20 (43) | 77 (107) | 78 (85) | 44 (68) |
| III | 18 (39) | 74 (113) | 69 (92) | 54 (67) |
| IV | 17 (45) | 92 (103) | 67 (99) | 61.5 (92) |
| P** | 0.594 | 0.564 | 0.659 | 0.721 |
| Source of referral | ||||
| Public | 19 (40) | 77 (67) | 74 (92) | 47.5 (63) |
| Private or health plan | 21 (55) | 37 (20) | 62 (97) | 30 (23) |
| P*** | 0.229 | 0.036 | 0.840 | 0.071 |
| Years | ||||
| 2009 | 24 (49) | 133 (149) | 71 (85) | 39 (68) |
| 2010 | 19 (42) | 77 (49) | 91 (87) | 49 (53) |
| 2011 | 18.5 (42) | 66.5 (65) | 63 (89) | 42.5 (64) |
| P** | 0.138 | 0.510 | 0.012 | 0.478 |
*Median (interquartile range: difference between p.75 and p.25); **Kruskal–Wallis’ test; ***Mann-Whitney’s test
Test not performed for Group II do to few number of valid cases (n = 16)