Multidisciplinary Service Utilization Pattern by Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Single Institution Study

Table 2

Social work simple regression model.

Factor	Mean visits (95% CI)	𝑃 value
Sex
Male	19.8 (15.2–24.2)	0.02
Female	35.7 (19.7–51.6)
Age (years)
≥60	19.9 (14.1–25.7)	0.5
<60	22.9 (16.1–29.8)
Race
White	20.7 (15.9–25.5)	0.23
African American	29.2 (12.0–46.3)
KPS score
High (90 or 100)	20.3 (15.6–25.1)	0.17
Low (70 or 80)	28.9 (13.8–44.0)
Tumor site
Nonoropharynx	20.9 (13.6–28.3)	0.85
Oropharynx	21.9 (16.2–27.7)
Disease stage
Stage III	16.3 (12.0–20.6)	0.01
Stage IV	24.3 (17.9–30.6)
Smoking status
Never smoker	19.8 (14.7–24.9)
Ever smoker	22.1 (13.0–31.3)	0.67
Current smoker	22.9 (15.2–30.5)	0.62
Marital status
Married	17.5 (14.2–20.8)	0.003
Single	31.9 (19.0–44.9)
Insurance
Nonprivate	29.1	0.04
Private	18.9
Distance
<20 miles	25.9	0.06
≥20 miles	17.4

KPS: Karnofsky performance status.