Table 2.
Mean No. of Visits to Each Physician Type per Patient per Follow-Up Year
| Physician Specialty | Follow-Up Year 1* (n = 731) |
Follow-Up Year 2 (n = 570) |
Follow-Up Year 3 (n = 477) |
P‖ | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All† |
≥ One Visit‡ |
All |
≥ One Visit |
All |
≥ One Visit |
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| Mean | SE | %§ | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | % | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | % | Mean | SE | ||
| Primary Care (any) | 6.84 | 0.21 | 93.7 | 7.29 | 0.22 | 6.72 | 0.24 | 93.7 | 7.17 | 0.24 | 7.15 | 0.28 | 92.9 | 7.70 | 0.28 | .1314 |
| PCP (CRC related) | 0.69 | 0.05 | 34.2 | 2.02 | 0.10 | 0.63 | 0.05 | 34.7 | 1.82 | 0.11 | 0.53 | 0.05 | 30.0 | 1.76 | 0.12 | .0253 |
| PCP (other) | 6.15 | 0.20 | 91.0 | 6.76 | 0.21 | 6.08 | 0.23 | 91.6 | 6.64 | 0.23 | 6.62 | 0.27 | 90.8 | 7.30 | 0.27 | .0350 |
| Oncology (any) | 2.05 | 0.13 | 70.9 | 2.90 | 0.17 | 1.51 | 0.11 | 62.5 | 2.42 | 0.16 | 1.39 | 0.12 | 58.1 | 2.39 | 0.18 | < .001 |
| Medical oncology | 0.65 | 0.12 | 30.5 | 2.14 | 0.36 | 0.55 | 0.10 | 25.3 | 2.17 | 0.34 | 0.55 | 0.11 | 23.9 | 2.31 | 0.40 | .0617 |
| Radiation oncology | 0.04 | 0.01 | 3.1 | 1.26 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 1.8 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 2.1 | 1.10 | 0.10 | .0562 |
| Surgeon | 1.36 | 0.06 | 60.5 | 2.25 | 0.07 | 0.95 | 0.05 | 50.5 | 1.88 | 0.07 | 0.81 | 0.05 | 47.0 | 1.73 | 0.07 | < .001 |
| Gastroenterology | 0.01 | 0.00 | 1.1 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 1.2 | 1.43 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1.0 | 2.20 | 1.20 | .6165 |
| Other¶ | 1.82 | 0.14 | 57.5 | 3.17 | 0.22 | 1.74 | 0.12 | 55.6 | 3.14 | 0.19 | 1.68 | 0.13 | 56.0 | 3.00 | 0.21 | .5182 |
Abbreviations: CRC, colorectal cancer; PCP, primary care physician.
First 12 months from diagnosis are treatment period; year 1 of follow-up is 13 to 24 months after diagnosis.
Denominator used for this mean: all uncensored patients in this year.
Denominator used for this mean: all uncensored patients with at least one visit to a given physician type in this year.
Percentage of uncensored cohort with at least one visit to a given physician type.
P values correspond to the difference across years for the mean number of visits for all patients (ie, including patients who had no physician visits).
Other category includes all physician types except PCPs, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, general surgeons, and gastroenterologists.