Table 3.
Distribution of Physician Visits by Physician Specialty and Follow-Up Year
| Physician Specialty | Year 2 (n = 11,219) |
Year 3 (n = 10,026) |
Year 4 (n = 9,297) |
Year 5 (n = 8,624) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean No. of Visits | % With at Least One Visit | Mean No. of Visits | % With at Least One Visit | Mean No. of Visits | % With at Least One Visit | Mean No. of Visits | % With at Least One Visit | |
| PCP only*† | 10.5 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 12.3 | 9.2 | 17.3 | 9.0 | 23.0 |
| Oncology only† | ||||||||
| Medical | 2.9 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Radiation | 2.1 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
| Surgical | 3.4 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 1.6 |
| Multiple | 6.3 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 2.2 |
| PCP and oncology† | ||||||||
| PCP and medical | 9.6 | 11.3 | 8.6 | 16.5 | 8.1 | 18.4 | 8.1 | 17.6 |
| PCP and radiation | 8.8 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 9.3 |
| PCP and surgical | 11.5 | 13.1 | 10.2 | 13.9 | 10.0 | 14.7 | 10.2 | 15.9 |
| PCP and multiple | 12.9 | 49.2 | 11.5 | 38.4 | 10.8 | 29.5 | 10.4 | 23.8 |
| Other physician only | 5.9 | 0.7 | 7.4 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 6.9 | 1.4 |
| No physician | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.6 | ||||
| Days between oncology visits | ||||||||
| Median† | ||||||||
| Interquartile range | 46 | 83 | 89 | 136 | 113 | 148 | 128 | 157 |
Abbreviation: PCP, primary care physician.
*
PCP only = Only PCP visits included in the counts, but patients may have also seen other physicians.
†
P < .05.