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
Age^1
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%
Gender^2
Female	289	23.5%
Male	295	24.0%
Insurance type^3
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%
Other^4	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.