From: Factors influencing general practitioners in the referral of elderly cancer patients
β | SE | OR | [CI 95%] | p | |
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"Early disease" model (417 GPs) | |||||
Elements influencing GPs | |||||
Organisational difficulties (care provision) (ref: not influenced) | -0.99 | 0.21 | 0.37 | [0.24-0.56] | <0.0001 |
Anatomical localisation of the cancer (ref: not influenced) | -0.53 | 0.23 | 0.58 | [0.37-0.92] | 0.02 |
R-Squared = 0.08; Chi-Squared Hosmer and Lemeshow = 0.02 (p = 0.99) | |||||
"Advanced disease" model (397 GPs) | |||||
GP characteristics | |||||
Training in oncology (ref: not influenced) | 0.61 | 0.31 | 1.85 | [1.01-3.38] | 0.046 |
Elements influencing GPs | |||||
Chronological age of patient (ref: not influenced) | -0.59 | 0.23 | 0.55 | [0.35-0.86] | 0.009 |
Organisational difficulties (care provision) (ref: not influenced) | -0.51 | 0.22 | 0.60 | [0.39-0.92] | 0.02 |
Disease stage (ref: not influenced) | -0.85 | 0.26 | 0.43 | [0.25-0.71] | 0.001 |
R-Squared = 0.11; Chi-Squared Hosmer and Lemeshow = 4.31 (p = 0.63) |