Demographic and disease characteristics by institution
| BIDMC (n=187) | UAB (n=121) | P value | |
| COST score | 28 (21–36) | 24 (17–31) | 0.002 |
| Age | 62 (53–69) | 60 (52–67) | 0.29 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White/Caucasian | 158 (84) | 86 (71) | <0.001 |
| Black/African American | 10 (5) | 33 (27) | |
| Hispanic/Latina/ Spanish | 7 (4) | 0 (0) | |
| Other/missing | 12 (6) | 2 (2) | |
| Partnership status | |||
| Married or partnered | 115 (62) | 65 (54) | 0.19 |
| Single, divorced, or widowed | 70 (37) | 56 (46) | |
| Missing | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | |
| Education level | |||
| High school or less | 21 (11) | 33 (27) | <0.001 |
| Completed some college | 19 (10) | 48 (40) | |
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 117 (63) | 40 (33) | |
| Missing | 30 (16) | 0 (0) | |
| Employment | |||
| Employed | 86 (46) | 33 (27) | 0.002 |
| Not employed | 30 (16) | 15 (12) | |
| Retired | 65 (35) | 65 (54) | |
| Missing | 6 (3) | 8 (7) | |
| Health insurance | |||
| Private | 99 (53) | 51 (42) | <0.001 |
| Medicare with supplement | 44 (24) | 39 (32) | |
| Medicare without supplement/military* | 23 (12) | 12 (10) | |
| Medicaid | 21 (11) | 10 (8) | |
| Uninsured | 0 (0) | 9 (7) | |
| Household income ($) | 87.5K (37.5K– 100K) | 40K (20K–70K) | <0.001 |
| Diagnosis | |||
| Ovarian | 82 (44) | 64 (53) | 0.08 |
| Uterine | 79 (42) | 34 (28) | |
| Cervical | 22 (12) | 18 (15) | |
| Vulvar/vaginal | 4 (2) | 5 (4) | |
| Months since diagnosis | 28 (12–59) | 7 (2–29) | <0.001 |
| Treatment† | |||
| Surgery | 167 (89) | 99 (82) | 0.06 |
| Radiation | 38 (20) | 30 (25) | 0.36 |
| Systemic treatment | 85 (45) | 121 (100) | <0.001 |
| Hormonal treatment | 2 (1) | 5 (4) | 0.12 |
Data are shown as median (IQR) or number (%).
*Two respondents had military insurance.
†Treatment categories are not mutually exclusive.
BIDMC, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; COST, Comprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity; K, 1000; UAB, University of Alabama at Birmingham.