Table 2.
Characteristics of Physicians and Medical Oncologists From Pennsylvania
| Characteristic | Cohort
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospective
|
Retrospective (PA Cohort) | ||||
| Full Cohort | P(Death) > 40% | P(Death) > 60% | P(Death) > 80% | ||
| Physicians | |||||
| No. of patients | 14,802 | 5,044 | 3,469 | 1,908 | 17,947 |
| Type of physician for patient visits, % | |||||
| Surgeon | 81.3 | 62.1 | 57.8 | 54.1 | 71.4 |
| Medical oncologist | 47.6 | 56.2 | 58.2 | 61.8 | 46.2 |
| Radiation oncologist | 32.7 | 37.8 | 38.9 | 39.5 | 27.4 |
| PCP | 97.5 | 97.8 | 97.8 | 98.0 | 98.5 |
| PCP only | 7.6 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 15.2 |
| PCP and medical oncologist | 46.8 | 55.3 | 57.2 | 60.9 | 45.7 |
| Medical oncologists | |||||
| Median time since medical school, years | 22.0 | 21.9 | 21.8 | 21.7 | 22.6 |
| Type of practice, % | |||||
| Solo or two-physician | 22.7 | 23.3 | 23.1 | 21.9 | 23.3 |
| Group | 50.3 | 51.0 | 50.7 | 51.9 | 51.1 |
| Hospital-based | 7.6 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| Medical school–based | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Other | 16.0 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 16.3 |
NOTE: Visits were captured during a period of 14 months prospectively or 14 months retrospectively, depending on the cohort. Physicians were defined as the first specialist visited for the prospective cohort and the last one visited for the retrospective cohort.
Abbreviations: P(death), probability of death; PA, Pennsylvania; PCP, primary care physician.