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Table 2 Health insurance characteristics

From: Impact of 5-HT3 receptor antagonists on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a retrospective cohort study

 

Breast cancer

Carboplatin-treated lung cancer

Cisplatin-treated lung cancer

 

All

Older 5-HT3RAs

Palonosetron

P

All

Older 5-HT3RAs

Palonosetron

P

All

Older 5-HT3RAs

Palonosetron

P

N

3,606

1,742

1,864

 

4,497

2,691

1,806

 

1,154

764

390

 

Type of payer (%)

   

NS

   

NS

   

NS

Commercial

3,321 (92.1)

1,592 (91.4)

1,729 (92.8)

 

3,632 (80.8)

2,149 (79.9)

1,483 (82.1)

 

971 (84.1)

638 (83.5)

333 (85.4)

 

Public

167 (4.6)

87 (5.0)

80 (4.3)

 

715 (15.9)

448 (16.7)

267 (14.8)

 

121 (10.5)

81 (10.6)

40 (10.3)

 

Self-insured

100 (2.8)

54 (3.1)

46 (2.5)

 

134 (3.0)

84 (3.1)

50 (2.8)

 

55 (4.8)

39 (5.1)

16 (4.1)

 

Unknown

18 (0.5)

9 (0.5)

9 (0.5)

 

16 (0.4)

10 (0.4)

6 (0.3)

 

7 (0.6)

6 (0.8)

1 (0.3)

 

Type of plan (%)

   

<0.0001

   

<0.0001

   

NS

HMO

813 (22.6)

434 (24.9)

379 (20.3)

 

1,071 (23.8)

734 (27.3)

337 (18.7)

 

272 (23.6)

182 (23.8)

90 (23.1)

 

Indemnity

320 (8.9)

136 (7.8)

184 (9.9)

 

854 (19.0)

499 (18.5)

355 (19.7)

 

170 (14.7)

112 (14.7)

58 (14.9)

 

PPO

1,742 (48.3)

792 (45.5)

950 (51.0)

 

1,982 (44.1)

1,114 (41.4)

868 (48.1)

 

551 (47.8)

360 (47.1)

191 (49.0)

 

POS

556 (15.4)

316 (18.1)

240 (12.9)

 

462 (10.3)

278 (10.3)

184 (10.2)

 

120 (10.4)

77 (10.1)

43 (11.0)

 

Other

175 (4.9)

64 (3.7)

111 (6.0)

 

128 (2.9)

66 (2.5)

62 (3.4)

 

41 (3.6)

33 (4.3)

8 (2.1)

 

Pharmacy benefit (%)

   

0.0008

   

<0.0001

   

NS

No

700 (19.4)

300 (17.2)

400 (21.5)

 

1,229 (27.3)

656 (24.4)

573 (31.7)

 

246 (21.3)

151 (19.8)

95 (24.4)

 

Yes

2,372 (65.8)

1,198 (68.8)

1,174 (63.0)

 

2,809 (62.5)

1,769 (65.7)

1,040 (57.6)

 

761 (65.9)

518 (67.8)

243 (62.3)

 

Unknown

534 (14.8)

244 (14.0)

290 (15.6)

 

459 (10.2)

266 (9.9)

193 (10.7)

 

147 (12.7)

95 (12.4)

52 (13.3)

 
  1. HMO: health maintenance organization, PPO: preferred provider organization, POS: point of service, pts: patients.