There was no difference in receipt of procedure based on age, family history of cancer, or geographic location (Table 2).
aOdds ratio reporting receipt of procedure in the absence of claim or vice versa, adjusted for age, education level, health status, proxy response, metro-area residence, supplementary insurance, years participating in survey, and, where appropriate, sex.
*Estimated from logistic regression model of receipt of procedure at safety net hospital with covariates of patient age, sex, Charlson comorbidity score, and difference in distance between residence zip code to nearest safety net hospital and to nearest non-safety-net hospital.
For example, there are additional charges for receipt of procedures such as colonoscopy [ 33].
This, in turn, could affect data sources that rely on the presence of claims to document receipt of procedures.
Adjustment for significant covariates accounted for these gaps in receipt of procedures among the younger age groups (figure 3B).
A third aim is to examine the extent to which private health care and private health insurance explain any inequality in receipt of procedures.
Adjustment for socioeconomic factors in our multivariate analysis reduced inequalities in the receipt of procedures, and the inequality was no longer significant.
Similar to other states, Aboriginal children are disproportionately affected by remoteness in NSW. 26 The disparate and less frequently available nature of specialist ear health services in remote areas 42 is likely to account for much of the inequalities in the receipt of procedures between children living in remote areas and major cities.
Comparisons of surveillance procedure receipt between CSs and non-cancer controls were largely consistent.
