Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of women with breast cancer treated at the NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2011-15.
| Characteristic | Travel time category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <30 min | 30 - <60 min | 60 - <120 min | 120+ min | p-valueψ | |
| Patients, n | 242 | 280 | 524 | 66 | |
| Age at diagnosis, mean (sd) | 61 (13) | 61 (13) | 59 (11) | 62 (14) | 0.31 |
| Marital status, n (%) | |||||
| Married | 153 (63) | 183 (65) | 342 (65) | 34 (52) | 0.27 |
| Unmarried/unknown | 89 (37) | 97 (35) | 182 (34) | 32 (48) | |
| Payer type | |||||
| Private insurance | 69 (29) | 56 (20) | 145 (28) | 17 (26) | 0.02 |
| Medicare | 91 (38) | 112 (40) | 170 (32) | 32 (48) | |
| Other/unknown | 82 (34) | 112 (40) | 209 (40) | 17 (26) | |
| Stage, n (%) | |||||
| 0 | 43 (18) | 61 (22) | 90 (17) | 11 (17) | 0.20 |
| I | 99 (41) | 108 (39) | 234 (45) | 28 (42) | |
| II | 65 (27) | 69 (25) | 115 (22) | 17 (26) | |
| III | 16 (7) | 26 (9) | 41 (8) | n.r. | |
| IV | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | |
| Missing | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | |
| Comorbidities, n (%) | |||||
| 0 | 78 (32) | 111 (40) | 331 (63) | 39 (59) | <0.01 |
| 1 | 15 (6) | 37 (13) | 48 (9) | n.r. | |
| 2+ | 149 (62) | 132 (47) | 145 (28) | n.r. | |
| Year of diagnosis, n (%) | |||||
| 2011 | 33 (14) | 44 (16) | 83 (16) | 17 (26) | 0.16 |
| 2012 | 51 (21) | 59 (21) | 123 (23) | n.r. | |
| 2013 | 67 (28) | 69 (25) | 125 (24) | 17 (26) | |
| 2014 | 55 (23) | 54 (19) | 123 (23) | 17 (26) | |
| 2015 | 36 (15) | 54 (19) | 70 (13) | n.r. | |
| Multidisciplinary care, n (%) | 70 (26) | 71 (26) | 82 (17) | 16 (28) | 0.12 |
| Number of physicians seen, mean (sd) | 13 (7) | 11 (7) | 7 (5) | 5 (3) | <0.01 |
| Encounters per physician, mean (sd) | 42 (39) | 31 (32) | 18 (20) | 13 (15) | <0.01 |
| Number of encounter ZCTAs, mean (sd) | 1.4 (0.5) | 1.3 (0.5) | 1.3 (0.6) | 1.7 (0.7) | 0.27 |
n.r. = Not reported due to small sample size to protect patient confidentiality.
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One-way ANOVA tests and Pearson Chi-squared tests. Percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding.