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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2011 Dec 6;19(5):1670–1677. doi: 10.1245/s10434-011-2152-y

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

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