Research Article
Volume-Based Care among Young Women Diagnosed with Uterine Cancer
Table 1
Demographic characteristics among women of different age groups undergoing primary surgery for uterine cancer in Maryland, 1994–2005.
| | Variable | ≤50 years, | >50 years, |
| | Number of patients | 844 (13.6) | 5337 (86.4) |
| | Ethnic classification | | | | White | 658 (78.0) | 4205 (78.7) | | African-American | 125 (14.8) | 937 (17.6) | | American-Indian or Eskimo | 34 (4.0) | 132 (2.5) | | Asian or Pacific Islander | 23 (2.7) | 42 (0.8) | | Unknown | 4 (0.5) | 21 (0.4) |
| | Insurance payer | | | | Medicaid/Medicare | 67 (7.9) | 2854 (53.5) | | Commercial | 156 (18.5) | 478 (8.9) | | HMO | 340 (40.3) | 1023 (19.2) | | Blue Cross | 248 (29.4) | 833 (15.6) | | Other | 33 (3.9) | 149 (2.8) |
| | Hospital type | | | | Community | 569 (67.4) | 3532 (66.2) | | Community teaching | 179 (21.2) | 1271 (23.8) | | University | 96 (11.4) | 534 (10.0) |
| | Hospital volume | | | | Low volumea | 405 (48.0) | 2441 (46.0) | | High volumeb | 439 (52.0) | 2896 (54.0) |
| | Surgeon volume | | | | Low volumec | 562 (66.6) | 3296 (61.8) | | High volumed | 267 (31.6) | 1874 (35.1) | | Unknown | 15 (1.8) | 167 (3.1) |
| | Attending physician or operating surgeon concordance | | | | Concordance | 761 (90.2) | 4622 (86.6) | | Discordance | 66 (7.8) | 538 (10.1) | | Unknown | 17 (2.0) | 177 (3.3) |
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a<200cases/study period.
b≥200 cases/study period.
c<100 cases/study period.
d≥100 cases/study period.
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