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Table 2 Factors associated with being cared for somewhere other than in the Toulouse public funding University Hospital (UH) among patients treated by standard regimens (RCHOP or RCHVP) (n = 294)

From: The care center influences the management of lymphoma patients in a universal health care system: an observational cohort study

  

Being cared for the public funding community hospitals (CH) instead of in UH

Being cared for in the private funding for-profit hospitals (PH) instead of in UH

Model 1a

Model 1b

  

OR [95 % CI] p-value

OR [95 % CI] p-value

Age (tertile)

t1 (until 59y)

1

   

1

   

t2 (60y to 72y)

0.9

[0.4;

1.9]

0.777

0.9

[0.4;

1.8]

0.749

t3 (73y and more)

1.3

[0.5;

3.6]

0.586

2.1

[0.8;

5.2]

0.127

Gender

Men

1

   

1

   

Women

0.9

[0.5;

1.8]

0.818

0.6

[0.4;

1.2]

0.152

Comorbidity

None

1

   

1

   

At least 1

1.2

[0.6;

2.3]

0.676

0.9

[0.5;

1.7]

0.795

Performance status

Normal

1

   

1

   

Degraded

4.3

[1.9;

9.5]

0.000

2.2

[0.9;

5.1]

0.072

Distance to the care center (km)

Up to 13 km

1

   

1

   

14 – 41 km

1.5

[0.7;

3.3]

0.296

0.5

[0.2;

1.1]

0.070

At least 42 km

0.5

[0.2;

1.3]

0.158

0.2

[0.1;

0.5]

0.000

Social deprivation index

Highly favored

1

   

1

   

Favored

3.2

[1.1;

9.4]

0.033

2.0

[0.7;

5.2]

0.182

Intermediate

2.7

[1.0;

7.6]

0.054

1.8

[0.7;

4.5]

0.184

Deprived

2.5

[0.9;

6.7]

0.073

0.7

[0.3;

1.9]

0.519

Highly deprived

2.4

[0.7;

7.5]

0.143

1.6

[0.6;

4.1]

0.370

Stage

I/II

1

   

1

   
 

III/IV

0.9

[0.4;

1.7]

0.645

0.5

[0.3;

0.9]

0.026

B symptoms

Absence

1

   

1

   
 

Presence

1.6

[0.7;

4.0]

0.271

0.6

[0.2;

1.7]

0.356

Lactate dehydrogenase

Normal

1

   

1

   

Elevated

0.3

[0.1;

0.6]

0.000

0.6

[0.3;

1.2]

0.145

  1. Global p-values in model 1a age: p = 0.704, social deprivation index: p = 0.226, distance to the care center: p < 0.055; in model 1b age: p = 0.135, social deprivation index: p = 0.186, distance to the care center: p = 0.001