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

Table 3 Comprehensiveness of cancer service provision according to ownership

Range of Services & Settings ^b	Government operated ^a		For-profit company		Not-for-profit company		Total
			n	%	n	%
			Odds Ratio	(OR 95% CI)	Odds Ratio	(OR 95% CI)
Limited range (score 1 or 2)	19	14.0%	52	66.7%	16	26.2%	87	31.6%
			OR 6.88 ***	(3.27–14.47)	OR 1.4	(0.62–3.17)
Moderate range ^a (score 3 to 5)	60	44.1%	24	30.8%	36	59.0%	120	43.6%
Broad range (score 6 or 7)	57	41.9%	2	2.6%	9	14.8%	68	24.7%
			OR 0.05***	(0.01–0.25)	OR 0.16***	(0.07–0.40)
Total	136	100%	78	100%	61	100%	275	100%

***p < 0.001; association between cancer service or service setting and ownership after adjusting for remoteness (major cities, rural, remote) [19]
^a reference categories; ^b Score calculated from types of services and settings with one point each for: for chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy, palliative care, supportive care, both inpatient and outpatient (hospital and/or community) settings, and provision of home/residential care visits

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