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Table 1 Patient demographics

From: The use of rehabilitation among patients with breast cancer: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study

Characteristics

Rehabilitation non-users

Rehabilitation users

pvalued

Total

%

Total

%

No. of patients

382

 

250

  

Age

    

0.397

 Median (years)

51.5

 

52.8

  

 < 40

39

10.2

21

8.4

 

 40’s

118

30.9

81

32.4

 

 50’s

136

35.6

77

30.8

 

 60’s

54

14.1

48

19.2

 

 > 70

35

9.2

23

9.2

 

Insured amount a (US$/month)

    

0.645

 Total

103

27.0

60

24.0

 

 Low income (1–605)

152

39.8

110

44.0

 

 Middle income (606–1210)

80

20.9

54

21.6

 

 High income (> 1210)

47

12.3

26

10.4

 

Insured region

    

0.713

 Northern Taiwan

208

54.5

134

53.6

 

 Central Taiwan

63

16.5

35

14.0

 

 Southern Taiwan

102

26.7

73

29.2

 

 Eastern Taiwan & Offshore islands

9

2.4

8

3.2

 

Insured unit

    

0.713

 Employees of government, school, enterprises or institutions

108

28.3

61

24.4

 

 Members of occupational unions & foreign crew

86

22.5

63

25.2

 

 Farmers & fishermen

44

11.5

34

13.6

 

 Low-income households

4

1.0

3

1.2

 

 Veterans & other regional populationb

37

9.7

29

11.6

 

 Dependentc

103

27.0

60

24.0

 
  1. aAmount of income on which premiums are levied based on a payroll bracket table.
  2. bAll family members are unemployed and non-low-income households.
  3. cUnemployed or younger than 20 years with an insured family member.
  4. dPearson’s chi-squared test.