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Table 2 Ownership of cancer services and service settings

From: Coverage of cancer services in Australia and providers’ views on service gaps: findings from a national cross-sectional survey

 

Government operated

For-profit company

Not-for-profit company

Total

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Reference category

Relative risk

(RR 95% CI)

Relative risk

(RR 95% CI)

 

(Rate 95% CI)

Chemotherapy

127

93.4%

41

52.6%

45

73.8%

213

77.5%

  

RR 0.57 ***

(0.32–0.77)

0.80 **

(0.57–0.94)

 

(72.2–82.0%)

Cancer surgery

86

63.2%

19

24.4%

37

60.7%

143

52.0%

  

RR 0.31 ***

(0.17–0.50)

0.86

(0.60–1.11)

 

(46.1–57.8%)

Radiotherapy

45

33.1%

39

50.0%

8

13.1%

92

33.5%

  

RR 1.38

(0.95–1.82)

0.32 **

(0.14–0.66)

 

(28.1–39.2%)

Palliative care

118

86.8%

14

17.9%

41

67.2%

173

62.9%

  

RR 0.19 ***

(0.07–0.33)

0.75 **

(0.53–0.92)

 

(57.1–68.4%)

Survivorship/supportive care (total)

119

87.5%

34

43.6%

54

88.5%

209

76.0%

  

RR 0.47 ***

(0.30–0.67)

0.99

(0.81–1.08)

 

(70.6–80.7)

 Allied health

119

87.5%

31

39.7%

51

83.6%

201

73.09%

  

RR 0.34 ***

(0.20–0.57)

0.91

(0.70–1.03)

 

(67.6–78.0)

 Wellness services

34

25.0%

6

7.7%

32

52.5%

72

26.2%

  

RR 0.25 **

(0.10–0.58)

1.92 **

(1.30–2.56)

 

(21.3–31.7)

 Complementary medicine

27

19.9%

11

14.1%

33

54.1%

71

25.8%

  

1.62

(0.89–2.57)

0.29 ***

(0.16–0.55)

 

(21.0–31.3)

 Survivorship clinic

30

22.1%

9

11.5%

18

29.5%

57

20.7%

  

RR 0.40 *

(0.17–0.83)

1.08

(0.59–1.77)

 

(16.4–25.9)

Hospital in & out-patient

94

69.1%

27

34.6%

43

70.5%

164

59.6%

  

RR 0.88

(0.38–1.25)

0.70

(0.29–1.14)

 

(53.7–65.3)

Hospital in-patient only

4

2.9%

2

2.6%

5

8.2%

11

4.0%

  

RR 1.04

(0.18–5.97)

3.35

(0.90–10.42)

 

(2.2–7.0)

Day hospital/out-patient only

34

25.0%

45

57.7%

8

13.1%

87

31.6%

  

RR 2.56 ***

(2.78–10.13)

0.62

(0.28–1.20)

 

(26.4–37.4)

Community Clinic/Centre

49

36.0%

12

15.4%

15

24.6%

76

27.6%

  

RR 0.46 **

(0.17–0.72)

0.74

(0.42–1.16)

 

(22.7–33.2)

Home/Residential Care Visits

63

46.3%

4

5.1%

9

14.8%

76

27.6%

  

RR 0.11 ***

(0.02–0.18)

0.32 ***

(0.16–0.59)

 

(22.7–33.2)

Total

136

100%

78

100%

61

100%

275

100%

  1. Association between cancer service or service setting and ownership after adjusting for remoteness (major cities, rural, remote)
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001