Table 1.
Socio –Economic Characteristics of Patients (N= 128) and Cox Regression Analysis of Variables. Hazard Ratios (HR) Were Calculated for the Chance of Hospital Admission within 90 Days after First Medical Consultation
| Variable | N (%) | HR (95%CI) | p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Referral centre | |||
| FAP | 89 (69.5%) | Ref. | |
| HNL | 39 (30.5%) | 2.67 (0.46-1.05) | 0.001 |
| Age (years) | |||
| < 50 years | 45 (35.2%) | Ref. | |
| ≥ 50 years | 83 (64.8%) | 0.00 (0- ) | 0.997 |
| Ethnic origin | |||
| Caucasian | 58 (45.7%) | Ref. | |
| African | 14 (11.0%) | 0.50 (0.16-1.69) | 0.267 |
| Indigenous | 2 (1.6%) | 1.21 (0.68-2.14) | 0.519 |
| Mixed ancestry | 53 (41.7%) | 0.03 (3.34-278.35) | 0.997 |
| Missing | 1 | ||
| Educational level | |||
| Analphabetic | 6 (4.9%) | Ref. | |
| Incomplete elementary education | 47 (38.2%) | 0.46 (0.13-1.59) | 0.223 |
| Complete elementary education | 19 (15.5%) | 0.35 (0.08-1.47) | 0.152 |
| Incomplete high school education | 9 (7.3%) | 0.85 (0.20-3.54) | 0.821 |
| Complete high school education | 24 (19.5%) | 0.72 (0.19-2.56) | 0.609 |
| High school or college | 18 (14.6%) | 0.70 (0.19-2.59) | 0.592 |
| Missing | 5 | ||
| Civil status | |||
| No union | 29 (23.2%) | Ref. | |
| Married | 61 (48.8%) | 0.83 (0.41-0.68) | 0.676 |
| Stable union | 7 (5.6%) | 0.00 (0.00- ) | 0.997 |
| Widow | 17 (13.6%) | 1.33 (0.62-2.84) | 0.462 |
| Divorced | 11 (8.8%) | 0.69 (0.25-1.99) | 0.496 |
| Missing | 3 | ||
| Income | |||
| Low | 70 (57.4%) | Ref. | |
| High | 52 (42.6%) | 2.19 (1.24-3.84) | 0.007 |
| Missing | 6 | ||
| Private health insurance | |||
| No | 104 (87.9%) | Ref. | |
| Yes | 19 (16.1%) | 2.54 (0.39-1.32) | 0.005 |
| Missing | 5 | ||
| Easy access to health care | |||
| No | 23 (19.0%) | Ref. | |
| Yes | 98 (81.0%) | 1.28 (0.60-2.73) | 0.518 |
| Missing | 7 | ||
| HCP used before and after detection of disease until hospital admission | |||
| Private | 17 (14.0%) | Ref. | |
| Public | 78 (64.5%) | 0.42 (0.22-0.82) | 0.010 |
| Public and private | 26 (21.5%) | 0.23 (0.08-0.60) | 0.002 |
| Missing | 7 | ||
| Variable | N (%) | HR (95%CI) | p |
| Frequency of utilization of primary public HCP before diagnosis of disease | |||
| Never | 26 (20.2%) | Ref. | |
| At minimum one time each year | 37 (28.7%) | 0.50 (0.23-1.07) | 0.074 |
| Every six months | 19 (14.7%) | 0.59 (0.25-1.40) | 0.236 |
| Every three months | 4 (3.1%) | 0.28 (0.04- 2.18) | 0.225 |
| Every month | 42 (32.6%) | 0.34 (0.16- 0.75) | 0.007 |
| First HCP used by women at beginning of patient flow | |||
| Public primary HCP | 53 (41.1%) | Ref. | |
| Specialized private clinic | 46 (35.7%) | 2.37 (1.25-4.51) | 0.008 |
| Community hospital | 26 (20.2%) | 1.82 (0.82-4.04) | 0.144 |
| Public health care centre | 2 (1.6%) | 2.26 (0.30-17.17) | 0.428 |
| Regular participation on mammography screening program | |||
| No | 50 (41.7%) | Ref. | |
| Yes | 70 (58.3%) | 1.16 (0.65-2.05) | 0.617 |
| Missing | 8 | ||
| Oestrogen receptor status | |||
| Negative | 21 (25.6%) | Ref. | |
| Positive | 61 (74.4%) | 0.99 (0.50-1.98) | 0.977 |
| Missing | 22 | ||
| Progesterone receptor (PR) status | |||
| Negative | 33 (40.2%) | Ref. | |
| Positive | 49 (59.8%) | 1.57 (0.49-1.55) | 0.570 |
| Missing | 22 | ||
| HER-2 receptor (HER2) status | |||
| Negative | 63 (76.8%) | Ref. | |
| Positive | 19 (23.2%) | 1.09 (0.56-2.31) | 0.728 |
| Missing | 22 | ||
| TNM stage | |||
| I | 5 (5.5%) | Ref. | |
| II | 29 (31.9%) | 0.70 (0.15-3.22) | 0.644 |
| III | 47 (51.6%) | 1.33 (0.31-5.63) | 0.697 |
| IV | 10 (11.0%) | 1.57 (0.34-7.28) | 0.563 |
| Missing | 37 | ||