Table 1 Characteristics of Patient Participants by Treatment Group
From: Cost-utility analysis of palliative care in patients with advanced cancer: a retrospective study
Variable | PCs(N = 128) | CATs(N = 120) | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n/\(\overline{{\varvec{x}} }\) | % | n/\(\overline{{\varvec{x}} }\) | % | |||
Sex | 0.987 | |||||
Male | 62 | 48.44 | 58 | 48.33 | ||
Female | 66 | 51.56 | 62 | 51.67 | ||
LOS | 14.55 | - | 12.80 | - | - | |
Age | 0.008 | |||||
≤ 40 | 4 | 3.13 | 9 | 7.50 | ||
40—50 | 18 | 14.06 | 21 | 17.50 | ||
51—60 | 33 | 25.78 | 50 | 41.67 | ||
61—70 | 36 | 28.13 | 17 | 14.17 | ||
71—80 | 26 | 20.31 | 17 | 14.17 | ||
> 80 | 11 | 8.59 | 6 | 5.00 | ||
Education | 0.828 | |||||
Less than primary school graduate | 5 | 3.91 | 2 | 1.67 | ||
Primary school | 39 | 30.47 | 28 | 23.33 | ||
Junior school | 34 | 26.56 | 57 | 47.50 | ||
High school | 30 | 23.44 | 20 | 16.67 | ||
College or above | 20 | 15.63 | 13 | 10.83 | ||
Marriage | 0.098 | |||||
Unmarried | 18 | 4.06 | 8 | 6.67 | ||
Married | 110 | 85.94 | 112 | 93.33 | ||
Residence | 0.237 | |||||
Urban | 64 | 50.00 | 51 | 42.50 | ||
Rural | 64 | 50.00 | 69 | 57.50 | ||
Insurance | 0.339 | |||||
UEMI | 49 | 38.28 | 56 | 46.67 | ||
URMI | 18 | 14.06 | 13 | 10.83 | ||
RCMI | 59 | 46.09 | 51 | 42.50 | ||
NOT | 2 | 1.56 | 0 | 0.00 | ||