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Table 1 Distribution of patients’ characteristics by health insurance

From: Disparities in end-of-life care, expenditures, and place of death by health insurance among cancer patients in China: a population-based, retrospective study

Variable

Group

Overall

URBMI (1)

NRCMS (2)

UEBMI (3)

χ2

P

Post Hoc

Number (Column %)

Gender

Male

258 (64.8)

39 (65.0)

33 (42.9)

186 (71.3)

21.0

< 0.001

1 > 2, 3 > 2

Female

140 (35.2)

21 (35.0)

44 (57.1)

75 (28.7)

   

< 65

137 (34.4)

32 (53.3)

30 (39.0)

75 (28.7)

14.4

0.006

1 < 3

Age

65–80

202 (50.8)

20 (33.3)

37 (48.1)

145 (55.6)

   

> 80

59 (14.8)

8 (13.3)

10 (13.0)

41 (15.7)

   

Marital

Previously married or single

56 (14.1)

10 (16.7)

16 (20.8)

30 (11.5)

4.6

0.099

\

status a

Currently married

342 (85.9)

50 (83.3)

61 (79.2)

231 (88.5)

   

Education

≤ Primary school

285 (71.6)

57 (95.0)

59 (76.6)

169 (64.8)

23.4

< 0.001

1 < 2, 1 < 3

attainment b

Senior school

76 (19.1)

3 (5.0)

12 (15.6)

61 (23.4)

   

≥ College

37 (9.3)

0 (0)

6 (7.8)

31 (11.9)

   

Survival c

 

334 (239, 454)

274 (209, 386)

285 (234, 405)

362 (253, 492)

15.5

< 0.001

1 < 3, 2 < 3

 

6–12 months

219 (55.0)

43 (71.7)

49 (63.6)

127 (48.7)

13.2

0.001

1 < 3, 2 < 3

>  12 months

179 (45.0)

17 (28.3)

28 (36.4)

134 (51.3)

   

Cancer type

Lung (C34.x)

132 (33.2)

19 (31.7)

18 (23.4)

95 (36.4)

21.0

0.179

 

Stomach (C16.x)

31 (7.8)

4 (6.7)

4 (5.2)

23 (8.8)

   

Colorectum (C18.x, C19.x, C20.x)

41 (10.3)

7 (11.7)

6 (7.8)

28 (10.7)

   

Liver (C22.x)

46 (11.6)

5 (8.3)

10 (13)

31 (11.9)

   

Pancreas (C25.xl)

15 (3.8)

3 (5)

1 (1.3)

11 (4.2)

   

Biliary tract (C23.x, C24.x)

8 (2.0)

1 (1.7)

1 (1.3)

6 (2.3)

   

Prostate (C61.x)

9 (2.3)

2 (3.3)

1 (1.3)

6 (2.3)

   

Breast (C50.x)

18 (4.5)

2 (3.3)

8 (10.4)

8 (3.1)

   

Others (C00.x-C15.x,

98 (24.6)

17 (28.3)

28 (36.4)

53 (20.3)

   

C17.x, C21.x,

       

C26.x, C30.x-C33.x,

       

C37.x-C41.x, C43.x-C49.x,

       

C51.x-C58.x,

       

C60.x, C62.x,

       

C80.x, C88.x,

       

C90.x, C96.x, C97.x)

       
  1. NRCMS New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme; UEBMI Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance; URBMI Urban Resident-based Basic Medical Insurance; a, b: Fisher’s exact tests for cells < 5; c: Median (p25, p75) was reported, the Kruskal–Wallis test followed by Dunn’s pairwise comparison was used
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