Table 2 Bivariate analysis of factors affecting MDT participant status after propensity score matching.

From: Effect of multidisciplinary team care on survival of oesophageal cancer patients: a retrospective nationwide cohort study

Variables

1: 1 matching

SMD

Total

Non-MDT

MDT

N

%

n1

%

n2

%

Total

5906

100.00

2953

50.00

2953

50.00

 

Gender

Female

373

6.32

178

6.03

195

6.60

0.071

Male

5533

93.68

2775

93.97

2758

93.40

0.005

Age at diagnosed (year)

< 45

486

8.23

248

8.40

238

8.06

0.042

45–54

1966

33.29

990

33.53

976

33.05

0.061

55–64

2046

34.64

1026

34.74

1020

34.54

0.035

65–74

865

14.65

418

14.16

447

15.14

0.029

 75

543

9.19

271

9.18

272

9.21

0.061

Monthly salary (NTD)

 17,280

1606

27.19

834

28.24

772

26.14

0.034

17,281–2,2800

2421

40.99

1202

40.70

1219

41.28

0.016

22,801–28,800

472

7.99

231

7.82

241

8.16

0.024

28,801–36,300

510

8.64

261

8.84

249

8.43

0.040

36,301–45,800

598

10.13

283

9.58

315

10.67

0.065

 45,801

299

5.06

142

4.81

157

5.32

0.019

Urbanization level

Level 1

1460

24.72

741

25.09

719

24.35

0.047

Level 2

1715

29.04

839

28.41

876

29.66

0.041

Level 3

1020

17.27

511

17.30

509

17.24

0.008

Level 4

872

14.76

434

14.70

438

14.83

0.040

Level 5

204

3.45

102

3.45

102

3.45

0.004

Level 6

342

5.79

177

5.99

165

5.59

0.021

Level 7

293

4.96

149

5.05

144

4.88

0.064

Charlson Comorbidity index

0

3610

61.12

1835

62.14

1775

60.11

0.019

1

1368

23.16

683

23.13

685

23.20

0.018

2

525

8.89

245

8.30

280

9.48

0.027

 3

403

6.82

190

6.43

213

7.21

0.010

Other catastrophic illness

 

No

5673

96.05

2845

96.34

2828

95.77

0.003

Yes

233

3.95

108

3.66

125

4.23

0.075

Cancer stage

I

236

4.00

116

3.93

120

4.06

0.080

II

1154

19.54

558

18.90

596

20.18

0.049

III

3215

54.44

1618

54.79

1597

54.08

0.029

IV

1301

22.03

661

22.38

640

21.67

0.004

Hospital level

Medical centers

3155

53.42

1571

53.20

1584

53.64

0.050

Non-medical centers

2751

46.58

1382

46.80

1369

46.36

0.026

Hospital ownership

Non-public

4092

69.29

2025

68.57

2067

70.00

0.042

Public

1814

30.71

928

31.43

886

30.00

0.012

  1. MDT multidisciplinary team, NTD New Taiwan Dollar.