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Table 2 Unadjusted odds of receiving recommended treatment by hospital referral region

From: Regional differences in recommended cancer treatment for the elderly

 

All stages colon cancer with colorectal Resection 12+ nodes

Regional colon cancer with chemotherapy

Regional rectal cancer with radiation therapy

Regional rectal cancer with postoperative chemotherapy

Favorable non-metastatic prostate cancer without treatment

Unfavorable non-metastatic prostate cancer with any treatment

Locoregional resectable pancreatic cancer with resection

Treatment Rate

48 %

54 %

61 %

48 %

21 %

88 %

41 %

Hospital referral region

 Abilene

0.6 (0.03)

1.3

0.7

1.7

1.4

0.9

2.3

 Amarillo

1.5

1.3

1.7

1.3

2.1

0.3 (<0.01)

1.7

 Austin

1.5 (0.05)

1

0.8

1

0.5 (<0.01)

2.3

0.9

 Beaumont

0.6 (0.01)

0.6

1.7

1.7

1.8 (<0.01)

0.7

1

 Bryan

1.5

1.4

(omitted)

(omitted)

1.2

1.3

0.5

 Corpus Christi

0.6 (0.01)

0.7

1.9

1.2

1.2

1.4

0.6

 Dallas

1

0.9

1.2

0.6

0.7 (<0.01)

1.3

1.3

 El Paso

1.2

0.7

2.2

(omitted)

1.4

0.7

0.8

 Fort Worth

1.2

0.9

0.8

1.1

0.9

0.8

1.2

 Harlingen

0.6 (0.01)

1.1

0.7

0.8

0.4 (0.03)

3

0.6

 Houston

1.1

0.9

0.9

0.6

1

0.9

1.1

 Longview

1.2

1.9

1

0.5

0.9

1.4

0.9

 Lubbock

1

1.6

0.8

1.2

1

1.1

1.5

 McAllen

0.5 (<0.01)

1.6

1.1

1

1.6

1

1.3

 Odessa

1.2

0.8

1.5

1.5

0.8

3

3

 San Angelo

0.8

0.6

2

2.1

2 (<0.01)

0.6

4.5

 San Antonio

1.2

0.8

0.8

0.6

1.7 (<0.01)

0.4

0.4

 Temple

0.6

1.2

0.4

1.7

1.5

0.7

2

 Tyler

1.2

1.2

1.3

1

1.5 (0.01)

1

1

 Victoria

0.4 (<0.01)

1.4

1

2.5

0.5

1.1

0.6

 Waco

0.6 (0.03)

0.8

1

1

0.8

1

0.9

 Wichita Falls

1.6

1.2

1

0.6

0.4

1.8

0.8

Sample Size

5809

2009

668

518

5220

5978

673

  1. Numbers in parentheses are p-values. Bolded coefficients have p-values less than 0.05. For ease of reading, p-values greater than 0.05 are not reported