Navigating the implementation gap for Trastuzumab's journey from health insurance to patient access: a preliminary study in a hospital in China

Table 1 Summary of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of participants

	Total, % (n = 766)	CerbB2 2 + , % (n = 495)	CerbB2 3 + , % (n = 271)	P-value
Age at diagnosis
< 35	2.61	2.83	2.21	0.086
35–44	12.14	11.72	12.92
45–54	39.95	38.18	43.17
55–64	30.16	29.49	31.37
≥ 65	15.14	17.78	10.33
Mean (range, SD)	54.11 (21–92, 10.36)	54.78 (26–92, 10.90)	52.89 (21–77, 9.18)
Educational Level
Junior high school or below	68.02	67.07	69.74	0.294
High school or technical school	6.53	7.47	4.8
Bachelor's or associate degree	6.27	6.67	5.54
Missing	18.79	19.92	18.79
Marital Status
Married	87.86	86.06	91.14	0.777
Divorced	0.52	0.4	0.74
Widowed	0.91	1.01	0.74
Single	0.65	0.81	0.37
Missing	10.06	11.72	7.01
Medical insurance^1*
UEBMI	46.34	38.99	59.78	0.066
URRBMI	7.57	8.28	6.27
Self-pay	4.7	4.04	5.9
Missing	41.39	48.69	28.05
Number of Childbirths
0	1.83	2.02	1.48	0.181
1	56.14	52.53	62.73
2	28.2	28.48	27.68
> = 3	3.52	16.97	1.48
Missing	10.31	0	6.63
Time of discharge from hospital
2013	4.96	6.87	1.48	< 0.001
2014	7.05	5.25	10.33
2015	7.44	7.07	8.12
2016	5.35	4.24	7.38
2017	6.53	3.64	11.81
2018	11.88	7.68	19.56
2019	24.67	30.3	14.39
2020	17.36	18.18	15.87
2021	9.79	11.52	6.64
2022	4.96	5.25	4.43
TNM Stage²
0	1.04	0.81	1.48	0.684
I	42.69	44.24	39.85
II	38.90	38.18	40.22
III	13.84	14.75	12.18
IV	0.26	0.2	0.37
Missing	3.27	1.82	5.9

1. UEBMI Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance; URRBMI Urban and Rural Residents Basic Medical Insurance
2. The TNM system is utilized to characterize cancer's extent and spread in a patient's body. It encompasses T for tumor size and local spread, N for lymph node involvement, and M for metastasis. Developed and maintained by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) and the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), this system is widely employed across various cancer types

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