Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: Estimation of the value of curative therapies in oncology: a willingness-to-pay study in China
Demographics | Value | |
|---|---|---|
Sex, N (%) | Female | 544 (53.7%) |
Male | 469 (46.3%) | |
Age | Mean (SD) | 56.2 (11.6) |
Residence | Rural | 450 (44.4%) |
Urban | 563 (55.6%) | |
Malignant tumor type | Colorectal cancer | 160 (15.8%) |
Lung cancer | 142 (14%) | |
Breast cancer | 142 (14%) | |
Gastric carcinoma | 92 (9.1%) | |
Cervical cancer | 89 (8.8%) | |
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma | 57 (5.6%) | |
Lymphoma | 47 (4.6%) | |
Leukemia | 40 (3.9%) | |
Prostate cancer | 22 (2.2%) | |
Esophageal cancer | 31 (3.1%) | |
Thyroid cancer | 33 (3.3%) | |
Myeloma | 22 (2.2%) | |
liver cancer | 18 (1.8%) | |
Pancreatic cancer | 22 (2.2%) | |
Brain cancer | 13 (1.3%) | |
Other | 83 (8.2%) | |
Education level | Elementary school and below | 308 (30.4%) |
Junior high school | 356 (35.1%) | |
High School and secondary School | 218 (21.5%) | |
College and above | 131 (12.9%) | |
Health insurance | National medical insurance for urban employees | 412 (40.7%) |
National medical insurance for urban and rural residents | 530 (52.3%) | |
Commercial medical insurance | 66 (6.5%) | |
No insurance | 5 (0.5%) | |
Marital status | Unmarried | 29 (2.9%) |
Married | 893 (88.2%) | |
Divorced | 16 (1.6%) | |
Widowed | 75 (7.4%) | |
Working status | Employed full-time | 138 (13.6%) |
Employed part-time | 50 (4.9%) | |
Self-employed | 83 (8.2%) | |
Housewife | 143 (14.1%) | |
Farming | 176 (17.4%) | |
Student | 5 (0.5%) | |
Unemployed | 120 (11.8%) | |
Retired | 296 (29.2%) | |
Other | 2 (0.2%) | |
Annual household income per capita (RMB) | 12,000 and below | 182 (18%) |
12,001–20,000 | 177 (17.5%) | |
20,001–35,000 | 253 (25%) | |
35,001–60,000 | 240 (23.7%) | |
60,001 and above | 161 (15.9%) | |
Regular physical examinations | Y | 380 (37.5%) |
N | 633 (62.5%) | |
Other chronic diseases | Y | 281 (27.7%) |
N | 732 (72.3%) | |
Hospitalization due to other diseases in the past year | Y | 54 (5.3%) |
N | 959 (94.7%) | |
Family member was severely ill/passed away in the past year | Y | 55 (5.4%) |
N | 958 (94.6%) | |
Family member has/had similar cancers | Y | 260 (25.7%) |
N | 753 (74.3%) | |
Family member has other diseases | Y | 207 (20.4%) |
N | 806 (79.6%) | |
EQ-5D-5L | Mean (SD) | 0.749 (0.199) |
Median | 0.806 | |