Table 1.
Participant characteristics stratified by whether they reported OOP costs or did not report OOP costs, by time point
| Characteristic, n (%) | Overall (n = 395) | 1 week postsurgery | 12 weeks postsurgery | 1 year postsurgery | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missing OOP (n = 171) | Reported OOP (n = 268) | p value a | Missing OOP (n = 152) | Reported OOP (n = 257) | p value a | Missing OOP (n = 89) | Reported OOP (n = 94) | p value a | ||
| Socioeconomic status | .97 | .95 | .01 | |||||||
| Lower | 136 (34.4) | 59 (34.5) | 92 (34.3) | 51 (33.6) | 87 (33.9) | 40 (45.0) | 25 (27.0) | |||
| Higher | 259 (65.6) | 112 (65.5) | 176 (65.7) | 101 (66.4) | 170 (66.1) | 49 (55.0) | 69 (73.0) | |||
| Age | .57 | .90 | .67 | |||||||
| Less than 65 | 231 (58.5) | 98 (57.3) | 161 (60.1) | 92 (60.5) | 154 (59.9) | 52 (58.0) | 52 (55.0) | |||
| 65 and older | 164 (41.5) | 73 (42.7) | 107 (39.9) | 60 (40.5) | 103 (40.1) | 37 (42.0) | 42 (45.0) | |||
| Race | .71 | .94 | .001 | |||||||
| White, non‐Hispanic | 254 (64.3) | 111 (64.9) | 175 (65.3) | 102 (67.1) | 172 (66.9) | 53 (60.0) | 75 (80.0) | |||
| Black, non‐Hispanic | 55 (13.9) | 21 (12.3) | 38 (14.2) | 20 (13.2) | 33 (12.8) | 8 (9.0) | 10 (11.0) | |||
| Other | 78 (19.7) | 36 (21.1) | 49 (18.3) | 26 (17.1) | 48 (18.7) | 26 (29.0) | 8 (9.0) | |||
| Missing | 8 (2.0) | 3 (1.8) | 6 (2.2) | 4 (2.6) | 4 (1.6) | 2 (2.0) | 1 (1.0) | |||
| Surgery choice | .83 | .21 | .40 | |||||||
| Lumpectomy | 313 (79.2) | 121 (70.8) | 213 (79.5) | 104 (68.4) | 209 (81.3) | 72 (81.0) | 82 (87.0) | |||
| Mastectomy | 80 (20.3) | 33 (19.3) | 55 (20.5) | 33 (21.7) | 48 (18.7) | 15 (17.0) | 12 (13.0) | |||
| Missing | 2 (0.5) | 17 (9.9) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (9.9) | 0 (0.0) | (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Cancer stage | .57 | .10 | .53 | |||||||
| Stage I | 270 (68.4) | 109 (63.0) | 188 (70.1) | 95 (62.5) | 183 (71.2) | 62 (70.0) | 73 (78.0) | |||
| Stage II | 109 (27.6) | 49 (28.7) | 72 (26.9) | 50 (32.9) | 65 (25.3) | 25 (28.0) | 20 (21.0) | |||
| Stage III | 10 (2.5) | 5 (2.9) | 5 (1.9) | 1 (0.7) | 6 (2.3) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (1.0) | |||
| Missing | 6 (1.5) | 8 (4.7) | 3 (1.1) | 6 (3.9) | 3 (1.2) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Does not include participants who discontinued before specified time point or participants where this follow‐up was due after data collection ended.
a
Chi‐square tests were used to test for statistical differences between groups.
Abbreviation: OOP, out‐of‐pocket.