Table 4. Distribution of physician visits and CT utilization by specialty and surveillance period in patients surviving uncensored to end of period.
4-9 months | 10-15 months | 16-21 months | 22-27 months | |||||||||
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Physician Visits | CT | Physician Visits | CT | Physician Visits | CT | Physician Visits | CT | |||||
% | Mean (SD) | % | % | Mean (SD) | % | % | Mean (SD) | % | % | Mean (SD) | % | |
PCP only | 17.2 | 4.56 (4.01) | 51.7 | 22.3 | 3.65 (2.73) | 34.6 | 28.0 | 3.22 (2.21) | 30.1 | 31.0 | 3.29 (2.29) | 30.0 |
Oncology only | 23.4 | 7.10 (7.46) | 72.2 | 18.5 | 3.36 (3.47) | 68.6 | 16.1 | 2.45 (2.66) | 56.7 | 15.0 | 2.40 (2.34) | 64.7 |
Medical | 8.7 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.0 | ||||||||
Radiation | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||||||||
Surgical | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 6.0 | ||||||||
Multiple | 8.6 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||||||||
PCP and oncology | 52.0 | 10.43 (7.55) | 76.6 | 47.8 | 6.19 (4.53) | 69.8 | 36.4 | 5.50 (3.45) | 61.6 | 29.4 | 5.44 (2.62) | 58.7 |
PCP and medical | 14.2 | 17.0 | 14.3 | 11.7 | ||||||||
PCP and radiation | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||||||||
PCP and surgical | 16.2 | 17.1 | 11.5 | 11.5 | ||||||||
PCP and multiple | 20.3 | 12.1 | 9.9 | 5.7 | ||||||||
Neither PCP nor oncology |
7.4 | 38.9 | 11.5 | 32.9 | 19.5 | 16.5 | 24.6 | 8.1 | ||||
GI physician only | 1.1 | 1.92 (0.95) | 1.1 | 2.37 (1.19) | 1.4 | 2.12 (1.55) | 1.3 | 3.67 (2.25) | ||||
No physician | 6.3 | 10.4 | 18.1 | 23.2 |
SD = standard deviation; PCP = primary care physician; GI = gastrointestinal