Table 3.
Variable | Available Data (all = ) |
Private Insurance N = 29 811 |
Medicare N = 24 994 |
Medicaid N = 4318 |
Uninsured N = 2491 |
P-value |
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Receive any treatment, n | 61 341 | 28 635 (96.4%) | 21 794 (87.7%) | 4037 (93.9%) | 2277 (92.0%) | <0.001 |
TIme to first treatment, mean (SD) | 56 048 | 7.80 (19.8) | 8.82 (20.1) | 8.49 (24.3) | 7.11 (17.2) | 0.028 |
Surgery, n | 61 585 | 24 989 (83.9%) | 18 158 (72.7%) | 3484 (80.7%) | 2015 (80.9%) | <0.001 |
Extent of resection | 27 555 | <0.001 | ||||
Biopsy | 2835 (21.6%) | 2480 (24.7%) | 448 (21.9%) | 297 (25.6%) | ||
Subtotal | 4170 (31.8%) | 3153 (31.4%) | 729 (35.6%) | 360 (31.0%) | ||
Gross total | 27 555 | 4537 (34.6%) | 3225 (32.1%) | 616 (30.1%) | 330 (28.4%) | |
Lobectomy | 1373 (10.5%) | 1034 (10.3%) | 216 (10.5%) | 151 (13.0%) | ||
Not specified | 186 (1.42%) | 160 (1.59%) | 40 (1.95%) | 22 (1.90%) | ||
Radiotherapy, n | 61 269 | 24 185 (81.6%) | 16 239 (65.3%) | 3212 (74.8%) | 1675 (68.0%) | <0.001 |
Chemotherapy, n | 59 683 | 23 397 (80.8%) | 14 646 (60.5%) | 2936 (70.5%) | 1518 (64.5%) | <0.001 |
Treatment rejection,* n | ||||||
Surgery | 61 408 | 91 (0.31%) | 369 (1.48%) | 32 (0.74%) | 23 (0.93%) | <0.001 |
Radiation | 60 220 | 498 (1.70%) | 1334 (5.49%) | 154 (3.65%) | 97 (4.02%) | <0.001 |
Chemotherapy | 61 207 | 539 (1.82%) | 1297 (5.22%) | 152 (3.54%) | 96 (3.91%) | <0.001 |
Treatment regimen received, n | 59 541 | <0.001 | ||||
Nothing | 1078 (3.73%) | 3057 (12.7%) | 264 (6.35%) | 199 (8.48%) | ||
Chemo alone | 138 (0.48%) | 139 (0.58%) | 19 (0.46%) | 6 (0.26%) | ||
Radiation alone | 348 (1.20%) | 806 (3.34%) | 79 (1.90%) | 59 (2.51%) | ||
Surgery alone | 2980 (10.3%) | 4209 (17.4%) | 597 (14.4%) | 434 (18.5%) | ||
Radiation and chemo | 3125 (10.8%) | 2647 (11.0%) | 450 (10.8%) | 194 (8.26%) | ||
Surgery and chemo | 683 (2.36%) | 632 (2.62%) | 96 (2.31%) | 57 (2.43%) | ||
Surgery and radiation | 1136 (3.93%) | 1430 (5.93%) | 281 (6.76%) | 139 (5.92%) | ||
Surgery, radio and chemo | 19 414 (67.2%) | 11 215 (46.5%) | 2370 (57.0%) | 1260 (53.7%) |
*Documented when treatment was recommended by the patient’s physician, but it was refused by the patient, the patient’s family member, or the patient’s guardian AND it was noted in patient record.
Bold denotes statistical significance.