Table 5 Support, recognition and priority of care pathway implementation by patient and healthcare professional characteristics
From: Barriers to symptom management care pathway implementation in pediatric Cancer
Agreea | Neutral or Disagree | P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Department staff gets the support they need to implement care pathways for symptom management | N = 13 | N = 10 | |
Pediatric vs. Mixed Adult and Pediatric (%) | 9 (69%) | 7 (70%) | 1.000 |
Median Number Pediatric Cancer Patients Diagnosed Annually (IQR) | 66 (50 to 90) | 200 (105 to 302) | 0.003 |
Median Insurance Type Percentage (IQR) | |||
Private | 38 (30 to 50) | 51 (43 to 57) | 0.202 |
Public | 59 (50 to 65) | 46 (42 to 53) | 0.225 |
No insurance | 0 (0 to 5) | 2 (1 to 5) | 0.276 |
Median Male Percentage (IQR) | 55 (50 to 60) | 52 (50 to 54) | 0.281 |
Median Race Percentage (IQR) | |||
American Indian or Alaskan native | 0 (0 to 2) | 1 (0 to 1) | 0.921 |
Asian | 5 (1 to 10) | 5 (3 to 9) | 0.573 |
Black or African American | 20 (8 to 23) | 9 (5 to 17) | 0.351 |
Native Hawaiian or other pacific islander | 0 (0 to 1) | 1 (0 to 1) | 0.297 |
White | 70 (55 to 89) | 72 (70 to 80) | 1.000 |
Median Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity (IQR) | 20 (8 to 34) | 32 (25 to 42) | 0.291 |
Median Language Spoken Percentage (IQR) | |||
English | 80 (72 to 91) | 80 (71 to 88) | 0.852 |
Spanish | 12 (3 to 20) | 14 (10 to 22) | 0.534 |
Median MD or DO Full Time Equivalents (IQR) | 7 (5 to 10) | 13 (9 to 21) | 0.014 |
Median Nurse Practitioner Full Time Equivalents (IQR) | 2 (1 to 5) | 10 (7 to 11) | 0.009 |
Median Physician Assistant Full Time Equivalents (IQR) | 0 (0 to 1) | 1 (0 to 2) | 0.033 |
Median MD or DO Years in Practice (IQR) | 11 (10 to 15) | 11 (10 to 15) | 0.569 |
Median Nurse Practitioner Years in Practice (IQR) | 5 (2 to 8) | 10 (7 to 12) | 0.053 |
Median Physician Assistant Years in Practice (IQR) | 0 (0 to 10) | 5 (1 to 9) | 0.448 |
Department staff gets recognition for implementing care pathways for symptom management | N = 9 | N = 14 | |
Pediatric vs. Mixed Adult and Pediatric (%) | 7 (78%) | 9 (64%) | 0.824 |
Median Number Pediatric Cancer Patients Diagnosed Annually (IQR) | 85 (60 to 110) | 105 (67 to 200) | 0.636 |
Median Insurance Type Percentage (IQR) | |||
Private | 41 (30 to 60) | 50 (36 to 52) | 0.850 |
Public | 59 (40 to 65) | 48 (45 to 60) | 0.752 |
No insurance | 0 (0 to 2) | 2 (0 to 5) | 0.204 |
Median Male Percentage (IQR) | 55 (50 to 57) | 52 (50 to 55) | 0.723 |
Median Race Percentage (IQR) | |||
American Indian or Alaskan native | 0 (0 to 2) | 1 (0 to 1) | 0.840 |
Asian | 5 (5 to 10) | 4 (1 to 7) | 0.098 |
Black or African American | 20 (10 to 29) | 8 (5 to 17) | 0.037 |
Native Hawaiian or other pacific islander | 1 (0 to 2) | 0 (0 to 1) | 0.245 |
White | 68 (54 to 70) | 75 (70 to 90) | 0.037 |
Median Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity (IQR) | 20 (8 to 30) | 32 (18 to 58) | 0.088 |
Median Language Spoken Percentage (IQR) | |||
English | 80 (75 to 87) | 80 (71 to 92) | 0.825 |
Spanish | 12 (8 to18) | 14 (6 to 22) | 0.570 |
Median MD or DO Full Time Equivalents (IQR) | 8 (5 to 10) | 11 (5 to 16) | 0.256 |
Median Nurse Practitioner Full Time Equivalents (IQR) | 2 (2 to 10) | 6 (1 to 10) | 0.898 |
Median Physician Assistant Full Time Equivalents (IQR) | 0 (0 to 1) | 1 (0 to 2) | 0.058 |
Median MD or DO Years in Practice (IQR) | 15 (10 to 20) | 11 (10 to 14) | 0.101 |
Median Nurse Practitioner Years in Practice (IQR) | 5 (3 to 8) | 10 (5 to 14) | 0.100 |
Median Physician Assistant Years in Practice (IQR) | 0 (0 to 3) | 5 (0 to 10) | 0.255 |
Implementing care pathways for symptom management is a top priority of the department | N = 14 | N = 9 | |
Pediatric vs. Mixed Adult and Pediatric (%) | 9 (64%) | 7 (78%) | 0.824 |
Median Number Pediatric Cancer Patients Diagnosed Annually (IQR) | 83 (62 to 108) | 200 (70 to 329) | 0.122 |
Median Insurance Type Percentage (IQR) | |||
Private | 41 (35 to 52) | 50 (24 to 59) | 0.658 |
Public | 53 (45 to 64) | 46 (41 to 75) | 0.658 |
No insurance | 2 (0 to 5) | 1 (0 to 3) | 0.494 |
Median Male Percentage (IQR) | 53 (50 to 59) | 53 (50 to 55) | 0.822 |
Median Race Percentage (IQR) | |||
American Indian or Alaskan native | 0 (0 to 1) | 1 (0 to 1) | 0.227 |
Asian | 5 (3 to 10) | 4 (3 to 8) | 0.567 |
Black or African American | 20 (9 to 25) | 5 (4 to 10) | 0.013 |
Native Hawaiian or other pacific islander | 0 (0 to 0) | 1 (0 to 1) | 0.040 |
White | 70 (58 to 83) | 75 (70 to 88) | 0.526 |
Median Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity (IQR) | 28 (14 to 40) | 26 (5 to 34) | 0.636 |
Median Language Spoken Percentage (IQR) | |||
English | 78 (71 to 90) | 85 (75 to 89) | 0.614 |
Spanish | 15 (9 to 20) | 10 (3 to 20) | 0.591 |
Median MD or DO Full Time Equivalents (IQR) | 9 (6 to 10) | 12 (5 to 16) | 0.449 |
Median Nurse Practitioner Full Time Equivalents (IQR) | 3 (2 to 7) | 9 (1 to 11) | 0.292 |
Median Physician Assistant Full Time Equivalents (IQR) | 0 (0 to 1) | 1 (0 to 2) | 0.222 |
Median MD or DO Years in Practice (IQR) | 11 (10 to 15) | 12 (10 to 15) | 0.974 |
Median Nurse Practitioner Years in Practice (IQR) | 8 (4 to 14) | 7 (4 to 10) | 0.704 |
Median Physician Assistant Years in Practice (IQR) | 2 (0 to 10) | 5 (0 to 5) | 0.893 |