Research Article
Insurance Status Is Related to Receipt of Therapy and Survival in Patients with Early-Stage Pancreatic Exocrine Carcinoma
Table 1
Patients’ characteristics by insurance status.
| | Characteristic | Level | Any Medicaid
N (%) | Insured1
N (%) | Uninsured
N (%) | Total | % |
| | Site | C25.0-head of pancreas | 1573 (84.6) | 12259 (81.7) | 319 (84.6) | 14151 | 82.1 | | C25.1-body of pancreas | 147 (7.9) | 1457 (9.7) | 34 (9.0) | 1638 | 9.5 | | C25.2-tail of pancreas | 140 (7.5) | 1281 (8.5) | 24 (6.4) | 1445 | 8.4 |
| | Age | <40 | 20 (1.1) | 85 (0.6) | 10 (2.7) | 115 | 0.7 | | 40–49 | 132 (7.1) | 519 (3.5) | 54 (14.3) | 705 | 4.1 | | 50–59 | 429 (23.1) | 1968 (13.1) | 125 (33.2) | 2522 | 14.6 | | 60–69 | 462 (24.8) | 4026 (26.8) | 129 (34.2) | 4617 | 26.8 | | 70–79 | 453 (24.4) | 4573 (30.5) | 31 (8.2) | 5057 | 29.3 | | 80+ | 364 (19.6) | 3826 (25.5) | 28 (7.4) | 4218 | 24.5 |
| | Sex | Female | 1053 (56.6) | 7557 (50.4) | 189 (50.1) | 8799 | 51.1 | | Male | 807 (43.4) | 7440 (49.6) | 188 (49.9) | 8435 | 48.9 |
| | Race | Black | 352 (18.9) | 1465 (9.8) | 69 (18.3) | 1886 | 10.9 | | Other | 243 (13.1) | 980 (6.5) | 35 (9.3) | 1258 | 7.3 | | White | 1265 (68.0) | 12552 (83.7) | 273 (72.4) | 14090 | 81.8 |
| | Year of diagnosis | 2007–2010 | 981 (52.7) | 8040 (53.6) | 184 (48.8) | 9205 | 53.4 | | 2011–2013 | 879 (47.3) | 6957 (46.4) | 193 (51.2) | 8029 | 46.6 |
| | Stage | IA/IB | 460 (24.7) | 3297 (22.0) | 66 (17.5) | 3823 | 22.2 | | IIA | 681 (36.6) | 5077 (33.9) | 147 (39.0) | 5905 | 34.3 | | IIB | 719 (38.7) | 6623 (44.2) | 164 (43.5) | 7506 | 43.6 |
| | Radiation | No | 1393 (74.9) | 10329 (68.9) | 275 (72.9) | 11997 | 69.6 | | Yes | 467 (25.1) | 4668 (31.1) | 102 (27.1) | 5237 | 30.4 |
| | Surgery | No | 1147 (61.7) | 7676 (51.2) | 201 (53.3) | 9024 | 52.4 | | Yes | 713 (38.3) | 7321 (48.8) | 176 (46.7) | 8210 | 47.6 |
| | Vital status at end of 2013 | Alive | 426 (22.9) | 4065 (27.1) | 132 (35.0) | 4623 | 26.8 | | Deceased | 1434 (77.1) | 10932 (72.9) | 245 (65.0) | 12611 | 73.2 |
| | Mean age at diagnosis (SD) | | 67.0 (12.9) | 70.8 (11.6) | 59.8 (11.5) | | |
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status was created by SEER to include private insurance, Medicare, other government insurance plans, and unspecified insurance.
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