The effect of socioeconomic factors on the outcome of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

2018 
465Background: To investigate the impact of socioeconomic factors on overall survival (OS) for patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) at an inner-city tertiary care hospital. Methods: Consecutive patients treated for ICC diagnosed between 2005 and 2016 in the cancer registry were studied. Patients were stratified by demographic, socioeconomic variables, and treatment course. Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox proportional hazard modeling were performed. Results: Patients were 52% male (95 pts) and 74% white (136 pts) with mean age of 65.7 yrs (SD 10.7 yrs). 82% of patients were married or had been previously married (148 pts). 11% of patients had Medicaid as their primary insurance (20 pts), 45% of patients had Medicare (78 pts) and 44% of patients had private insurance (77 pts). Patients with private insurance (66 pts, 87%) and Medicare (64 pts, 83%) were more likely to have been married than Medicaid (12 pts, 60%) (p = 0.036). Patients with Medicare (mean 72.0 yrs, SD 6.9 yrs) were older than priv...
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