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Table 2 Univariate and multivariate Analysis for Cost anticipation

From: The financial burden of cancer: Estimates from patients undergoing cancer care in a tertiary care hospital

Variables

Cost more than anticipated

Cost not more than anticipated

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

 

n (%)

n (%)

p

p

Gender

Male

19(83)

4(17)

0.26

0.43

Female

30(68)

14(32)

Age Groups

  

0.41

0.43

25-45 years

23(68)

11(32)

≥46-60 years

26(79)

7(21)

  

Awareness of cost at outset

Yes

17(57)

13(43)

0.01

0.03

No

32(86)

5(14)

  

Type of cancer

Breast

28(70)

12(30)

0.58

0.62

Head and neck

21(78)

6(22)

  

Current residence

Karachi

39(74)

14(26)

1.0

0.79

Outside Karachi

10(71)

4(29)

Income groups

<20,000

18(86)

3(14)

0.10

0.32

21,000-50,000

16(76)

5(24)

>50,000

14(58)

10(42)

Total cost groups

< 60,000

17(74)

6(26)

0.95

0.35

60,000-100000

17(71)

7(29)

>100,000

15(75)

5(25)