Table 1 Hospital and demographic characteristics of nasopharyngeal cancer patients treated from 2008 to 2011 (n = 3605)
Wait time | P value | Length of radiotherapy | P value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Less than 4 weeks (N = 3288) | More than 4 weeks (N = 317) | Less than 10 weeks (N = 2201) | More than 10 weeks (N = 1404) | |||||||
No. | % | N | % | No. | % | N | % | |||
Hospital characteristics | 0.008 | <0.001 | ||||||||
Ownership | ||||||||||
For Profit (n = 1915) | 1770 | 53.8 | 145 | 45.7 | 1114 | 50.6 | 801 | 57.1 | ||
Non-profit (n = 563) | 498 | 15.1 | 65 | 20.5 | 396 | 18.0 | 167 | 11.9 | ||
Public (n = 1127) | 1020 | 31.1 | 107 | 33.8 | 691 | 31.4 | 436 | 31.1 | ||
Teaching level | 0.442 | 0.006 | ||||||||
Medical center (n = 2332) | 2131 | 64.8 | 201 | 63.4 | 1394 | 63.3 | 938 | 66.8 | ||
Regional (n = 1121) | 1015 | 30.9 | 106 | 33.4 | 724 | 32.9 | 397 | 28.3 | ||
District (n = 152) | 142 | 4.3 | 10 | 3.2 | 83 | 3.8 | 69 | 4.9 | ||
Patient characteristics | ||||||||||
Gender | 0.498 | 0.151 | ||||||||
Male (n = 2711) | 2472 | 75.2 | 239 | 75.4 | 1637 | 74.4 | 1074 | 76.5 | ||
Female (n = 894) | 816 | 24.8 | 78 | 24.6 | 564 | 25.6 | 330 | 23.5 | ||
Age group | <0.001 | 0.185 | ||||||||
0–44.99 years (n = 1239) | 1166 | 35.5 | 73 | 23.0 | 733 | 33.3 | 506 | 36.0 | ||
45–64.99 years (n = 1916) | 1739 | 52.9 | 177 | 55.8 | 1182 | 53.7 | 734 | 52.3 | ||
More than 65 years (n = 450) | 383 | 11.6 | 67 | 21.1 | 286 | 13.0 | 164 | 11.7 | ||
Treatment | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||
CCRTa (n = 2970) | 2789 | 84.8 | 181 | 57.1 | 1705 | 77.5 | 1265 | 90.1 | ||
RTb alone (n = 635) | 499 | 15.2 | 136 | 42.9 | 496 | 22.5 | 139 | 9.9 | ||
Charlson comorbidity index score (mean = 0.3778) | <0.001 | 0.053 | ||||||||
Lower than mean (n = 2597) | 2411 | 73.3 | 186 | 58.7 | 1611 | 73.2 | 986 | 70.2 | ||
Higher than mean (n = 1008) | 877 | 26.7 | 131 | 41.3 | 590 | 26.8 | 418 | 29.8 | ||
Urbanization of resdence | 0.045 | 0.728 | ||||||||
Urban (n = 1149) | 1056 | 32.1 | 93 | 29.3 | 692 | 31.4 | 457 | 32.5 | ||
Suburban (n = 1508) | 1386 | 42.2 | 122 | 38.5 | 922 | 41.9 | 586 | 41.7 | ||
Rural (n = 948) | 846 | 25.7 | 102 | 32.2 | 587 | 26.7 | 361 | 25.8 | ||
Geographic region | <0.001 | 0.021 | ||||||||
Northern (n = 1745) | 1745 | 53.1 | 133 | 42.0 | 1122 | 51.0 | 756 | 53.8 | ||
Central (n = 502) | 502 | 15.3 | 53 | 16.7 | 370 | 16.8 | 185 | 13.2 | ||
Southern (n = 946) | 946 | 28.8 | 113 | 35.6 | 636 | 28.9 | 423 | 30.1 | ||
Eastern (n = 95) | 95 | 2.9 | 18 | 5.7 | 73 | 3.3 | 40 | 2.8 | ||