Table 2 Variables and definitions
Variable | Mean | Std. Dev. | |
|---|---|---|---|
Quarter | Quarter (time). Indicates the number of quarters a patient has been participating in GIPAP | 8.347 | 2.939 |
Origphase | Original Phase of Patient: 1 for Blast Crisis, 2 for Accelerated, 3 for Chronic, 4 for Remission | 2.821 | 0.488 |
Curphase | Current Phase of the Patient: 1 for Blast Crisis, 2 for Accelerated, 3 for Chronic, 4 for Remission | 2.924 | 0.554 |
Ins | Dummy variable. Indicates whether there is universal health insurance coverage or not; 1 for Argentina, Chile, Georgia and Russia, 0 for the other countries. | 0.039 | 0.193 |
Ageatapproval | Age of the patient at his or her approval for participation in GIPAP | 38.443 | 14.147 |
Gender | Gender. Dummy variable; 0 for male, 1 for female | 0.372 | 0.483 |
Gap | Time gap between Diagnosis and Approval. It is the difference in months between the date of diagnosis of the patient suffering from CML and the date of approval for participation in GIPAP | 4.617 | 8.997 |
Close | Dummy variable. Indicates whether a patient is considered closed or not. 0 for not closed, 1 for closed. | 0.056 | 0.231 |
Argentina | 0.007 | 0.083 | |
Chile | 0.012 | 0.109 | |
China | 0.160 | 0.367 | |
El Salvador | 0.004 | 0.067 | |
Georgia | 0.008 | 0.086 | |
India | 0.520 | 0.500 | |
Kenya | 0.008 | 0.089 | |
Malaysia | 0.038 | 0.191 | |
Mexico | 0.028 | 0.165 | |
Nigeria | 0.009 | 0.092 | |
Pakistan | 0.103 | 0.303 | |
Russia | 0.012 | 0.110 | |
South Africa | 0.022 | 0.145 | |
Sudan | 0.026 | 0.158 | |
Thailand | 0.045 | 0.207 | |
Undefined | 0.068 | 0.252 | |
Agriculture | 0.229 | 0.420 | |
Business | 0.044 | 0.206 | |
Education | 0.019 | 0.136 | |
Government | 0.035 | 0.183 | |
Health-Social | 0.011 | 0.104 | |
Hospitality | 0.006 | 0.077 | |
Manufacturing | 0.040 | 0.195 | |
Other | 0.291 | 0.454 | |
Retired | 0.039 | 0.193 | |
Self Employed | 0.085 | 0.279 | |
Student | 0.029 | 0.168 | |
Transport | 0.013 | 0.115 | |
Unemployed | 0.091 | 0.288 |