Table 6 Logistic regression results for main effects of neighborhood poverty and primary payer on chemotherapy receipt and post-surgical wait for chemotherapy of 60 days or more among patients with stage II or stage III colon cancer
Single predictor models | Full models | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Predictor variables | No.a | OR | (95%CI) | No.a | OR | (95%CI) |
Received chemotherapy after surgery | ||||||
Neighborhood poverty | ||||||
< 5% poor | 1,103 | 1.00 | 1,103 | 1.00 | ||
5-29% poor | 1,066 | 0.80 | (0.65, 0.98) | 1,066 | 0.80 | (0.65, 0.98) |
≥ 30% poor | 1,045 | 0.63 | (0.52, 0.78) | 1,045 | 0.65 | (0.52, 0.80) |
Primary payer | ||||||
Uninsured | 164 | 1.00 | 164 | 1.00 | ||
Medicaid | 147 | 0.49 | (0.30, 0.81) | 147 | 0.51 | (0.31, 0.85) |
Medicare | 1,436 | 0.75 | (0.51, 1.11) | 1,436 | 0.71* | (0.48, 1.04) |
Private | 1,467 | 0.85 | (0.60, 1.22) | 1,467 | 0.75 | (0.52, 1.09) |
Waited 60 days or more for adjuvant chemotherapy | ||||||
Neighborhood poverty | ||||||
< 5% poor | 421 | 1.00 | 421 | 1.00 | ||
5-29% poor | 369 | 1.48 | (1.01, 2.18) | 369 | 1.45* | (0.98, 2.14) |
> 30% poor | 326 | 1.55 | (1.04, 2.30) | 326 | 1.33 | (0.88, 2.02) |
Primary payer | ||||||
Uninsured | 90 | 1.00 | 90 | 1.00 | ||
Medicaid | 58 | 0.87 | (0.40, 1.86) | 58 | 0.85 | (0.39, 1.83) |
Medicare | 364 | 0.42 | (0.24, 0.76) | 364 | 0.43 | (0.24, 0.77) |
Private | 604 | 0.41 | (0.24, 0.69) | 604 | 0.43 | (0.25, 0.73) |