Table 4.

Demographic and cancer characteristics by insurance (n = 604).

	Group A: Insured (N = 476)	Group B: Safety Net Program (N = 128)	p-value
Mean Age in years (Std; range)	60.9 (12.5; 27–95)	56.3 (8.7; 31–89)	<0.01
Male, no. (%)	198 (40.6%)	60 (46.9%)	0.20
Race/Ethnicity			<0.01
Hispanic	240 (50.4%)	86 (67.2%)
Non-Hispanic White	228 (47.9%)	39 (30.5%)
Other/Unknown	8 (1.7%)	3 (2.3%)
Cancer Diagnosis, no. (%)			<0.01
Breast	119 (25%)	13 (10.2%)
Gastrointestinal	231 (48.5%)	94 (73.4%)
Lung	80 (16.8%)	14 (10.9%)
Head and Neck	28 (5.9%)	6 (4.7%)
Other	18 (3.8%)	1 (0.8%)
Mean Total ESAS score (Std; range 0–100)	19.5 (17.7; 0–83)	21.2 (19.5; 0–80)	0.35
Patients rating a severe symptom of 7 or greater at initial visit, no. (%)	193 (40.6%)	55 (43.0%)