Table 1.

Workplace Characteristics by Specialty

Characteristic	MO		Hem/BMT		SO		Other*		Total
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Specialty	71	34	57	28	48	23	30	15	206
Productivity
New patients per clinic
Mean	1.0		0.8		1.8		1.4		1.2
SD	1.2		1.2		1.0		1.6		1.3
Follow-up patients per clinic
Mean	6.6		5.4		6.9		4.8		6.1
SD	3.9		2.9		3.4		3.1		3.5
Provider type
NP	46	65	23	40	27	56	15	50	111	54
PA	25	35	34	60	21	44	15	50	95	46
No. of institutions of employment
1	30	42	33	58	21	44	11	37	95	46
2	18	25	12	21	13	27	7	23	50	24
≥ 3	23	32	12	21	14	29	12	40	61	30
Disease-specific specialty clinic rotation
No	55	77	54	95	42	89	27	93	178	87
Yes	16	22	3	5	5	11	2	7	26	13
Seniority, years
≤ 3	34	48	21	37	22	46	9	30	86	42
3-10	23	32	26	46	23	48	13	43	85	41
> 10	14	20	10	17	3	6	8	27	35	17

Abbreviations: MO, medical oncology; Hem, hematologic malignancies; BMT, bone marrow transplantation; SO, surgical oncology; SD, standard deviation; NP, nurse practitioner; PA, physician assistant.

^*Other includes pediatric oncology, radiation oncology, neurooncology, and pain and palliative care.