Costs Associated with Intravenous Cancer Therapy Administration in Patients with Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma in a US Population
Table 1
Patient characteristics for mSTS sample.
Patient characteristic
Count (N = 1,228)
Percent
Age1
Less than 25
117
9.5%
25 to 39
152
12.4%
40 to 54
316
25.7%
55 to 64
345
28.1%
Greater than 64
298
24.3%
Gender2
Female
289
23.5%
Male
295
24.0%
Insurance type3
Managed care
622
50.7%
Medicare
283
23.0%
Medicare HMO
24
2.0%
Medicaid
67
5.5%
Medicaid HMO
10
0.8%
Indemnity
68
5.5%
Other4
154
12.5%
Region
Midwest
240
19.5%
Northeast
41
3.3%
South
610
49.7%
Southwest
107
8.7%
West
230
18.7%
1: Age of the patient in 2009. 2: 644 patients were missing gender information. 3: Insurance type is defined at the time of the index mSTS diagnosis. 4: Other includes workers' compensation, Tricare, and self-pay.