Table 3.
Productivity by Specialty, Patient Type, and Workplace Characteristics
| Characteristic | New Patients |
Follow-Up Patients |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MO |
Hem/BMT |
SO |
MO |
Hem/BMT |
SO |
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| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Provider type | ||||||||||||
| NP | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 3.2 |
| PA | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 5.5* | 2.7* | 5.4 | 2.2 | 7.5 | 3.7 |
| No. of institutions of employment | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 6.7 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 6.8 | 2.9 |
| ≥ 3 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 7.2 | 3.9 |
| Disease-specific specialty clinic rotation | ||||||||||||
| No | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 6.9 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 6.7 | 3.4 |
| Yes | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 6.5 | 2.4 |
| Seniority, years | ||||||||||||
| ≤ 3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 6.3 | 3.4 |
| 3-10 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 7.6 | 3.6 |
| > 10 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.0† | 2.4† | 1.9 | 1.2 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 1.2 |
Abbreviations: MO, medical oncology; Hem, hematologic malignancies; BMT, bone marrow transplantation; SO, surgical oncology; SD, standard deviation; NP, nurse practitioner; PA, physician assistant.
*
P < .05.
†
P < .001.