Table 1.
Characteristics of consultations with cancer screening and follow-up, as compared to other consultations.
| Consultations with cancer screening (n = 580) |
Consultations without cancer screening (n = 20,033) |
p-value | Consultations with cancer follow-up (n = 475) |
Consultations without cancer follow-up (n = 20,138) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient gender [n (%)] | <0.0001 | 0.68 | ||||
| Male | 188 (32.4%) | 8430 (42.1%) | 203 (42.7%) | 8415 (41.8%) | ||
| Female | 392 (67.6%) | 11603 (57.9%) | 272 (57.3%) | 11723 (58.2%) | ||
| Patient age [n (%)] | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||
| 0–19 years | 3 (0.5%) | 3885 (19.4%) | 3 (0.6%) | 3885 (19.3%) | ||
| 20–49 years | 126 (21.7%) | 6293 (31.4%) | 37 (7.8%) | 6382 (31.7%) | ||
| 50–74 years | 388 (66.9%) | 6575 (32.8%) | 259 (54.5%) | 6704 (33.3%) | ||
| 75 years and older | 63 (10.9%) | 3280 (16.4%) | 176 (37.1%) | 3167 (15.7%) | ||
| Patient medical fee exemption status for low incomea [n (%)] | 0.034 | 0.0001 | ||||
| Yes | 14 (2.4%) | 843 (4.2%) | 5 (1.1%) | 852 (4.2%) | ||
| No | 566 (97.6%) | 19190 (95.8%) | 470 (98.9%) | 19286 (95.8%) | ||
| Place of consultation [n (%)] | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||
| Doctor’s office | 571 (98.5%) | 18773 (93.7%) | 402 (84.6%) | 18942 (94.1%) | ||
| Home | 9 (1.5%) | 1260 (6.3%) | 73 (15.4%) | 1196 (5.9%) | ||
| Problem assessmentsb, unadjusted Problem assessmentsb, adjustedc [m (95%CI)] |
3.68 [3.54–3.81] | 2.17 [2.15–2.19] | <0.0001 | 3.36 [3.20–3.53] | 2.18 [2.16–2.20] | <0.0001 |
| 3.43 [3.32–3.54] | 2.19 [2.17–2.21] | <0.0001 | 2.89 [2.77–3.01] | 2.19 [2.17–2.20] | 0.0045 | |
| Chronic conditionsd unadjusted Chronic conditionsd, adjustedc [m (95%CI)] |
1.27 [1.16–1.38] | 0.84 [0.83–0.86] | <0.0001 | 1.23 [1.11–1.35] | 0.85 [0.83–0.86] | <0.0001 |
| 1.05 [0.97–1.13] | 0.88 [0.87–0.90] | 0.0001 | 0.73 [0.64–.082] | 0.86 [0.85–0.88] | 0.0045 | |
| Duration of consultation, unadjusted Duration of consultation, adjustedc [m (95%CI)] |
20.08 [19.40–20.78]e | 16.60 [16.49–16.72]f | <0.0001 | 20.28 [19.42–21.14]e | 16.62 [16.51–16.73]f | <0.0001 |
| 19.39 [18.71–20.07]e | 16.56 [16.44–16.68]f | <0.0001 | 19.27 [18.52–20.01]e | 16.58 [16.47–16.69]f | <0.0001 |
m: mean, 95%CI: 95% confidence interval (standard error).
a
Full financial coverage by the national public healthcare insurance for individuals with low income.
b
Including the cancer assessment.
c
Data were adjusted on age category and gender.
d
Apart from any cancer.
e
Missing data for two consultations.
f
Missing data for 112 consultation.