Managing Matajoosh: determinants of first Nations’ cancer care decisions

Lavoie, Josée G.; Kaufert, Joseph; Browne, Annette J.; O’Neil, John D.

doi:10.1186/s12913-016-1665-2

BMC Health Services Research

Table 1 Patient interviews, characteristics

From: Managing Matajoosh: determinants of first Nations’ cancer care decisions

Interview number	Age	Gender	Relating the story of	Type of cancer	Other morbidities discussed	Trajectory of care	Comm & type^b	Outcome
002	59	Male	Self	Leukemia	Heart condition, diabetes	Traveling back and forth to care^c	C, NI/SI	No active disease reported^a
005	50	Male	Female partner	Breast	None mentioned	Traveling back and forth to care^c	C, NI/SI	Died in a regional hospital
005	50	Male	Male child	Leukemia	None mentioned	Moved to Winnipeg	C, NI/SI	Active treatment
007	47	Female	Self	Uterus, stomach	Diabetes renal failure	Traveling back and forth to care^c	C, NI/SI	Active treatment
028	55	Female	Male partner	Lung cancer	Diabetes renal failure	Traveling back and forth to care^c	D, I	Died at home, in the city
029	60	Female	Daughter	Liver	None mentioned	Moved to Winnipeg	D, I	Died in temporary accommodations, the city
031	N/A	Female	Sister	Not specified	None mentioned	Moved to Winnipeg	D, I	Died at home, in home community
031	N/A	Female	Self	Colon	None mentioned	Traveling back and forth to care^c	D, I	No active disease reported^a
033	N/A	Male	Sister	Not specified	None mentioned	Traveling back and forth to care^c	D, I	Died in hospital, in the city
034	60	Male	Female partner	Stomach	None mentioned	Traveling back and forth to care^c	D, I	Died in hospital, in the city
050	39	Female	Self	Uterus	None mentioned	Traveling back and forth to care^c	A, NI/SI	No active disease reported^a
208	66	Female	Daughter	Breast	None mentioned	Traveling back and forth to care^c	D, I	Active treatment
209	36	Female	Grand-mother	Colon	Frailty	Moved to Winnipeg	D, I	Died in assisted living facility, in the city
209	36	Female	Father	Multiple myeloma	Diabetes	Decided not to pursue cancer care	D, I	Died at home, in home community
210	45	Female	Mother	Not specified	None mentioned	Moved to Winnipeg	D, I	Died at home, in home community
213	45	Female	Self	Breast	None mentioned	Traveling back and forth to care^c	D, I	No active disease reported^a

^aAs reported at the time of the interview
^bNI/SI: Non-isolated or semi-isolated community. I:Isolated community, Letters refers to community characteristics outlined in Table 3
^cOnce released from the hospital. In two cases, hospitalization in the city was long term (6 months), but once discharged, they came home and commuted to care

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