Table 1. Demographics, socioeconomic status, and clinical characteristics of patients involved in various stages of the study (n, %).
| Patients involved in the analysis who… | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| were admitted to the study hospital | experienced final discharges | responded to inpatient questions | provided direct medical costs for outpatient visits | provided direct non-medical costs for outpatient visits | responded to EQ-5D questions | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| Total | 1323 (100) | 844 (100) | 225 (100) | 141 (100) | 158 (100) | 330 (100) |
| Demographics | ||||||
| Age at diagnosis | ||||||
| <45 | 335 (25.3) | 225 (26.7) | 61 (27.1) | 41 (29.1) | 40 (25.3) | 89 (27.0) |
| > = 45 | 988 (74.7) | 619 (73.3) | 164 (72.9) | 100 (70.9) | 118 (74.7) | 241 (73.0) |
| Area of residence | ||||||
| Urban | 334 (25.2) | 219 (25.9) | 52 (23.1) | 33 (23.4) | 39 (24.7) | 85 (25.8) |
| Rural | 989 (74.8) | 625 (74.1) | 173 (76.9) | 108 (76.6) | 119 (75.3) | 245 (74.2) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 1296 (98.0) | 827 (98.0) | 218 (96.9) | 135 (95.7) | 150 (94.9) | 321 (97.3) |
| Unmarried | 27 (2.0) | 17 (2.0) | 7 (3.1) | 6 (4.3) | 8 (5.1) | 9 (2.7) |
| Socioeconomic status | ||||||
| Education level | ||||||
| Elementary | 74 (32.9) | 51 (36.2) | 60 (38.0) | 99 (30.0) | ||
| Junior school | 84 (37.3) | 51 (36.2) | 53 (33.5) | 119 (36.1) | ||
| High school | 50 (22.2) | 29 (20.5) | 33 (20.9) | 62 (18.8) | ||
| College | 15 (6.7) | 10 (7.1) | 11 (7.0) | 22 (6.7) | ||
| Unknown | 2 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.6) | 28 (8.5) | ||
| Monthly family Income (RMB) | ||||||
| < 5K | 132 (58.7) | 86 (61.0) | 99 (62.7) | 165 (50.0) | ||
| 5K-10K | 28 (12.4) | 18 (12.8) | 18 (11.4) | 43 (13.0) | ||
| > 10K | 17 (7.6) | 10 (7.1) | 11 (7.0) | 24 (7.3) | ||
| Unknown | 48 (21.3) | 27 (19.1) | 30 (18.9) | 98 (29.7) | ||
| Insurance type | ||||||
| URBMI | 36 (2.7) | 21 (2.5) | 7 (3.1) | 2 (1.4) | 3 (1.9) | 11 (3.3) |
| UEBMI | 139 (10.5) | 92 (10.9) | 25 (11.1) | 18 (12.8) | 18 (11.4) | 33 (10.0) |
| NCMS | 851 (64.3) | 533 (63.2) | 152 (67.6) | 95 (67.4) | 107 (67.7) | 219 (66.4) |
| Others | 58 (4.4) | 36 (4.3) | 6 (2.7) | 4 (2.8) | 7 (4.4) | 13 (3.9) |
| No insurance | 239 (18.1) | 162 (19.2) | 35 (15.5) | 22 (15.6) | 23 (14.6) | 54 (16.4) |
| Employment status | ||||||
| Employed | 496 (37.5) | 315 (37.3) | 79 (35.1) | 50 (35.5) | 56 (35.4) | 116 (35.2) |
| Unemployed | 827 (62.5) | 529 (62.7) | 146 (64.9) | 91 (64.5) | 102 (64.6) | 214 (64.9) |
| Clinical characteristics | ||||||
| Clinical stage | ||||||
| IA | 42 (3.2) | 37 (4.4)) | 11 (4.9) | 8 (5.7) | 7 (4.4) | 15 (4.6) |
| IB | 585 (44.2) | 402 (47.6) | 103 (45.7) | 65 (46.0) | 72 (45.5) | 167 (50.6) |
| IIA | 389 (29.4) | 203 (24.1) | 71 (31.6) | 39 (27.6) | 47 (29.7) | 88 (26.7) |
| IIB | 134 (10.1) | 95 (11.3) | 22 (9.8) | 12 (8.5) | 14 (8.9) | 27 (8.2) |
| III | 135 (10.2) | 93 (11.0) | 16 (7.1) | 17 (12.0) | 18 (11.3) | 30 (9.1) |
| IV | 38 (2.9) | 14 (1.7) | 2 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.9) |
| Pathological type | ||||||
| Squamous cell | 1113 (84.1) | 734 (84.3) | 199 (88.4) | 125 (88.7) | 140 (88.6) | 279 (84.6) |
| Adenocarcinoma | 127 (9.6) | 84 (9.6) | 15 (6.7) | 9 (6.4) | 9 (5.7) | 33 (10.0) |
| Other | 26 (2.0) | 16 (1.8) | 4 (1.8) | 3 (2.1) | 3 (1.9) | 5 (1.5) |
| Unknown | 57 (4.3) | 37 (4.2) | 7 (3.1) | 4 (2.8) | 6 (3.8) | 13 (3.9) |
The table presents patient counts and percentages out of total for each group demographic and clinical characteristics across all analytical steps. URBMI stands for Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance, UEBMI for Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance, and NCMS for New Cooperative Medical Scheme.