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

Table 6

Combined services: simple linear regression model.

Factor	Mean visits (95% CI)	P value
Sex
Male	47.4 (40.9–53.9)	0.01
Female	74 (51.1–96.9)
Age (years)
≥60	50.8 (41.4–60.2)	0.93
<60	50.2 (40.8–59.6)
Race
White	49.5 (42.3–56.7)	0.43
African American	57.7 (40.9–74.4)
KPS score
High (90 or 100)	49.3 (42.2–56.4)	0.41
Low (70 or 80)	56.8 (36.1–77.4)
Tumor site
Nonoropharynx	50.4 (36.2–64.6)	1
Oropharynx	50.5 (42.8–58.1)
Disease stage
Stage III	40.3 (31.5–49.1)	0.03
Stage IV	55.4 (46.9–63.9)
Smoking status
Never smoker	51.7 (41.4–62.0)
Ever smoker	49.5 (38.2–60.9)	0.79
Current smoker	50.7 (36.5–65.0)	0.91
Marital status
Married	46 (39.5–52.5)	0.03
Single	61.5 (45.4–77.5)
Insurance
Nonprivate	60.4	0.06
Private	46.8
Distance
<20 miles	57.1	0.04
≥20 miles	43.8

KPS: Karnofsky performance status.