Table 4.

Relative risk of death in patients for different treatment intervals and at different cancer stages

Variables	Stage I*				Stage II*				Stage III*				Stage IV*
	HR	95% CI		P value†	HR	95% CI		P value†	HR	95% CI		P value†	HR	95% CI		P value†
Interval from cancer diagnosis to treatment
≤7 days (ref.)
8~14 days	1.45	1.28	1.64	<0.001	1.21	1.01	1.45	0.039	1.04	0.98	1.09	0.177	0.99	0.95	1.03	0.561
15~60 days	1.66	1.49	1.84	<0.001	1.44	1.22	1.69	<0.001	1.02	0.97	1.07	0.560	1.01	0.98	1.04	0.572
≥61 days	2.41	2.06	2.83	<0.001	1.58	1.26	1.97	<0.001	1.13	1.06	1.21	<0.001	0.98	0.94	1.02	0.249

*Patient age, gender, monthly salary, level of urbanisation of place of residence, CCI score, other illness, MDT care, hospital level, hospital ownership and hospital services volume were all controlled for using various models.

†Adjusted Cox proportional hazards model.

CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; MDT, multidisciplinary team.