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Table 2 Comparisons of baseline characteristics between the low- and high-quality groups and the composite score among baseline categoriesa

From: Factors analysis on the use of key quality indicators for narrowing the gap of quality of care of breast cancer

Variable

Overall N(%)

Score of quality (\( \overline{X}\pm S \))

P value

Quality-of-care group

P value

Low quality (N = 1771) n (%)

High quality (N = 1898) n (%)

Age

  

0.1584

  

0.2705

 < 40

422 (12.05)

0.80 ± 0.12

 

212 (11.97)

230 (12.12)

 

 40–50

1414 (38.54)

0.80 ± 0.12

 

708 (39.98)

706 (37.20)

 

 50–60

1271 (34.64)

0.81 ± 0.12

 

588 (33.20)

683 (35.99)

 

 > 60

542 (14.77)

0.80 ± 0.12

 

263 (14.85)

279 (14.70)

 

Comorbidities

  

< 0.0001

  

< 0.0001

 0

2934 (79.97)

0.80 ± 0.12

 

1470 (83.00)

1464 (77.13)

 

 1

565 (15.40)

0.82 ± 0.11

 

235 (13.27)

330 (17.39)

 

 ≥ 2

170 (4.63)

0.82 ± 0.13

 

66 (3.73)

104 (5.48)

 

Types of insurance

  

< 0.0001

  

0.0026

 NCMS

1216 (33.14)

0.79 ± 0.12

 

631 (35.63)

585 (30.82)

 

 URBMI

181 (4.93)

0.79 ± 0.13

 

94 (5.31)

87 (4.58)

 

 UEBMI

2272 (61.92)

0.81 ± 0.12

 

1046 (59.06)

1226 (64.59)

 

Income

  

< 0.0001

  

< 0.0001

 < ¥ 24,565

3135 (85.45)

0.78 ± 0.12

 

1688 (95.31)

1447 (76.24)

 

 ≥ ¥ 24,565

534 (14.55)

0.89 ± 0.10

 

83 (4.69)

451 (23.76)

 

Grade

  

< 0.0001

  

< 0.0001

 High differentiated

185 (5.04)

0.81 ± 0.11

 

90 (5.08)

95 (5.01)

 

 Moderate differentiated

2481 (67.62)

0.81 ± 0.12

 

1104 (62.34)

1377 (72.55)

 

 Poor differentiated

558 (15.21)

0.80 ± 0.12

 

288 (16.26)

270 (14.23)

 

 Unknow

445 (12.13)

0.75 ± 0.12

 

289 (16.32)

156 (8.22)

 

Stage

  

< 0.0001

  

< 0.0001

 I

1229 (33.50)

0.77 ± 0.11

 

753 (42.52)

476 (25.08)

 

 II

1610 (43.88)

0.82 ± 0.12

 

638 (36.02)

972 (51.21)

 

 III

830 (22.62)

0.81 ± 0.12

 

380 (21.46)

450 (23.71)

 

Tumor size

  

0.0047

  

0.0246

 < 2 cm

2098 (57.18)

0.80 ± 0.12

 

1045 (59.01)

1053 (55.48)

 

 2-5 cm

1487 (40.53)

0.81 ± 0.12

 

690 (38.96)

797 (41.99)

 

 > 5 cm

84 (2.29)

0.83 ± 0.12

 

36 (2.03)

48 (2.53)

 

Type of hospital

  

< 0.0001

  

< 0.0001

 General hospital

1320 (35.98)

0.76 ± 0.11

 

861 (48.62)

459 (24.18)

 

 Specialized hospital

2349 (64.02)

0.82 ± 0.12

 

910 (51.38)

1439 (75.82)

 
  1. Abbreviations: NCMS New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme, URBMI Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance, UEBMI Urban Employed Basic Medical Insurance
  2. aDiscrete variables were expressed as counts (%) and continuous variables were expressed as a mean ± range
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