Table 2.

Patient and Physician Care Seeking Responses for Early and Advanced Disease Symptom Scenarios

	Care Seeking Responses to Symptom Scenarios
	Patient Responses, %*				Physician Responses, %†
	Emergency Department	Doctor's Office the Same Day	Schedule Special Appointment	Give It a Chance to Get Better	Emergency Department	Doctor's Office the Same Day	Schedule Special Appointment	Give It a Chance to Get Better
Early disease
Respiratory symptoms with fever	42	40	9	9	36	43	21	0
Headache behind the nose and eyes	18	28	6	48	1	36	43	20
Oral white patches	14	48	21	17	0	30	50	20
Advanced disease
Respiratory symptoms with fever	45	42	6	7	42	47	11	0
Headache with stiff neck	25	53	11	11	42	44	14	0
Loss of vision	29	53	12	6	37	44	19	0

^*Patients selected the one clinical venue they would use for each scenario. Percentages shown are weighted to represent the full population of patients in care in the United States.

^†Physicians surveyed indicated whether each venue would be appropriate for treatment of the symptom scenario described. Distribution of appropriate responses shown for each symptom scenario.