Table 1 Characteristics of study participants
From: The patient-level effect of the cost of Cancer care – financial burden in German Cancer patients
All (n = 247) | NET (n = 122) | CRC (n = 125) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 159 (64%) | 72 (59%) | 87 (70%) |
Female | 88 (36%) | 50 (41%) | 38 (30%) | |
Age [years] | Median | 63.0 | 63.0 | 63.0 |
Range | 20–84 | 20–84 | 30–80 | |
Age group | ≤39 | 15 (6%) | 8 (7%) | 7 (6%) |
40–49 | 25 (10%) | 14 (12%) | 11 (9%) | |
50–59 | 51 (21%) | 21 (17%) | 30 (24%) | |
60–69 | 87 (35%) | 42 (34%) | 45 (36%) | |
≥70 | 69 (28%) | 37 (30%) | 32 (26%) | |
Employment status | Employed | 74 (30%) | 42 (34%) | 32 (26%) |
Not employed | 27 (11%) | 6 (5%) | 21 (17%) | |
Retired | 146 (59%) | 74 (61%) | 72 (58%) | |
Duration of illness [months] | Median | 26.0 | 29.5 | 22.0 |
Range | 0–252 | 0–190 | 1–252 | |
Time since metastastatic disease [months] | Median Range | 20.0 0–190 | 26.0 0–190 | 15.0 1–141 |
ECOG | 0 | 114 (46%) | 67 (55%) | 47 (38%) |
1 | 113 (46%) | 46 (38%) | 67 (54%) | |
2 | 19 (8%) | 9 (7%) | 10 (8%) | |
3 | 1 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | |
Insurance type | Statutory | 182 (74%) | 88 (72%) | 94 (75%) |
Private | 57 (23%) | 28 (23%) | 29 (23%) | |
Other/ not specified | 8 (3%) | 6 (5%) | 2 (2%) | |
Household net income | < 1200€ | 30 (12%) | 10 (8%) | 20 (16%) |
1201–2000€ | 53 (22%) | 26 (21%) | 27 (22%) | |
2001–3000€ | 49 (20%) | 24 (20%) | 25 (20%) | |
3001–4000€ | 41 (17%) | 23 (19%) | 18 (14%) | |
4001–5000€ | 25 (10%) | 13 (11%) | 12 (10%) | |
> 5000€ | 32 (13%) | 16 (13%) | 16 (13%) | |
Not specified | 17 (7%) | 10 (8%) | 7 (6%) | |
Number of children living in household | Median Range | 0.0 0–5 | 0.0 0–3 | 0.0 0–5 |