Factors Influencing Patient Decisions Regarding Treatments for Skin Growths: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Participant characteristics.

	Overall; n = 375
Age, mean (SD)	51.4 (18.9)
Age ≤ 35	101 (26.9)
Female, n (%)	229 (61.1)
Race, n (%)
White	306 (83.2)
Hispanic	25 (6.8)
African American	19 (5.2)
Asian	12 (3.3)
Other	6 (1.6)
Insurance, n (%)
Private	231 (61.6)
Medicare	93 (24.8)
Medicaid	46 (12.3)
Self-insured/self-pay	4 (1.1)
Other/unknown	1 (0.3)
Dermatology visits in past 5 years, n (%)
0-2	79 (21.1)
3-5	105 (28.0)
>5	191 (50.9)
Skin biopsies in past 5 years, n (%)
0-2	329 (87.7)
3-5	35 (9.3)
>5	11 (2.9)
History of melanoma	42 (11.2)
History of SCC/BCC	98 (26.1)