Table 6.

Conformance to Performance Metrics Developed by ASCO and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Characteristic	Metric
	CRC1*			CRC2†			CRC3‡			CRC4§
	Total No. of Patients	Patients Meeting Guideline		Total No. of Patients	Patients Meeting Guideline		Total No. of Patients	Patients Meeting Guideline		Total No. of Patients	Patients Meeting Guideline
		No.	%		No.	%		No.	%		No.	%
Overall	61	41	67	38	26	68	13	7	54	13	7	54
Practice type
Academic based	17	11	65	11	6	55	3	0	0	3	1	33
Community based	40	27	68	24	18	75	10	7	70	10	6	60
Missing or unknown	4	3	75	3	2	67	0			0
EMR available
No	15	9	60	11	7	64	2	1	50	2	2	100
Yes	40	28	70	25	18	72	10	5	50	10	5	50
Missing or unknown	6	4	67	2	1	50	1	1	100	1	0	0
Method of payment
Private insurance	44	31	71	28	21	75	8	4	50	8	5	63
Medicaid/Medicare	12	6	50	8	3	37	3	2	67	3	0	0
Self-pay or no insurance	2	2	100	1	1	100	0			0
Missing or unknown	3	2	67	1	1	100	2	1	50	2	2	100

Abbreviation: CRC, colorectal cancer; EMR, electronic medical record.

^*For patients with stage II or III CRC who had surgery and had 12 or more lymph nodes examined.

^†For patients with stage III colon cancer who had surgery and received neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy within 4 months of diagnosis.

^‡For patients with stage II or III rectal cancer who had surgery and received adjuvant chemotherapy within 9 months of diagnosis.

^§For patients with stage II or III rectal cancer who had surgery and received pre- or postoperative radiation therapy.