Before Match | P-value | Post Match | P-value | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Palliative | Usual care | Palliative | Usual care | |||||||
(n = 346) | (n = 18,615) | (n = 336) | (n = 1344) | |||||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |||
Sex | ||||||||||
Female | 136 | 39.3 | 8081 | 43.4 | 0.13 | 130 | 38.7 | 520 | 38.7 | 0.99 |
Male | 210 | 60.7 | 10,534 | 56.6 | 206 | 61.3 | 824 | 61.3 | ||
Age | ||||||||||
18–64 | 119 | 34.4 | 8465 | 45.5 | <.0001 | 110 | 32.7 | 448 | 33.3 | 0.84 |
≥ 65 | 227 | 65.6 | 10,150 | 54.5 | 226 | 67.3 | 896 | 66.7 | ||
Charlson Comorbidity Index | ||||||||||
CCI = 0 | 5 | 1.4 | 5464 | 29.3 | <.0001 | 5 | 1.5 | 26 | 1.9 | 0.68 |
CCI = 1 | 14 | 4.1 | 3363 | 18.1 | 14 | 4.2 | 68 | 5.1 | ||
CCI > 1 | 327 | 94.5 | 9788 | 52.6 | 317 | 94.3 | 1250 | 93 | ||
Income level | ||||||||||
Quintile 1 | 144 | 41.7 | 8408 | 45.2 | 0.269 | 140 | 41.7 | 614 | 45.7 | 0.11 |
Quintile 2 | 104 | 30.1 | 5587 | 30.0 | 100 | 29.8 | 419 | 31.2 | ||
Quintile 3 | 98 | 28.2 | 4620 | 24.8 | 96 | 28.5 | 311 | 23.1 | ||
Occupation | ||||||||||
Dependents of the insured individuals | 134 | 38.7 | 6031 | 32.4 | 0.0006 | 132 | 39.3 | 493 | 36.7 | 0.92 |
Civil servants, teachers, military personnel, veterans | 37 | 10.7 | 1760 | 9.5 | 37 | 11.0 | 152 | 11.3 | ||
Nonmanual workers and professionals | 14 | 4.1 | 2065 | 11.1 | 13 | 3.9 | 52 | 3.9 | ||
Manual workers | 115 | 33.2 | 6132 | 33.0 | 111 | 33.0 | 476 | 35.4 | ||
Other | 46 | 13.3 | 2540 | 13.6 | 43 | 12.8 | 168 | 12.5 | ||
Missing | 0 | 0.0 | 87 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.2 | ||
Urbanization | ||||||||||
Urban | 85 | 24.6 | 4735 | 25.4 | 0.1737 | 83 | 24.7 | 309 | 23.0 | 0.29 |
Suburban | 108 | 31.2 | 5077 | 27.3 | 104 | 31.0 | 365 | 27.2 | ||
Rural | 153 | 44.2 | 8666 | 46.6 | 149 | 44.3 | 667 | 49.6 | ||
Missing | 0 | 0.0 | 137 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.2 |