Table 4 Subgroup analysis comparing the waiting time from first medical visit and treatment initiation and between diagnosis and treatment initiation with staging, source of referral, and year of referral to a reference centre for breast cancer treatment in Cariri, Brazil, between 2009 and 2011
From: Treatment delays among women with breast cancer in a low socio-economic status region in Brazil
Variables | Waiting time (days)* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
First medical visit and treatment initiation | Diagnosis and treatment initiation | |||
Group | I | III | I | III |
Waiting time | 20 (43) | 68.5 (84) | 73.5 (89) | 43.5 (58) |
Staging | ||||
I | 27.5 (53) | 48 (41) | 95 (109) | 38.5 (28) |
II | 20 (43) | 77 (107) | 78 (85) | 44 (68) |
III | 18 (39) | 74 (113) | 69 (92) | 54 (67) |
IV | 17 (45) | 92 (103) | 67 (99) | 61.5 (92) |
P** | 0.594 | 0.564 | 0.659 | 0.721 |
Source of referral | ||||
Public | 19 (40) | 77 (67) | 74 (92) | 47.5 (63) |
Private or health plan | 21 (55) | 37 (20) | 62 (97) | 30 (23) |
P*** | 0.229 | 0.036 | 0.840 | 0.071 |
Years | ||||
2009 | 24 (49) | 133 (149) | 71 (85) | 39 (68) |
2010 | 19 (42) | 77 (49) | 91 (87) | 49 (53) |
2011 | 18.5 (42) | 66.5 (65) | 63 (89) | 42.5 (64) |
P** | 0.138 | 0.510 | 0.012 | 0.478 |