Table 2.
Percentage of Older Women with Ovarian Cancer Receiving Care from Gynecologic Oncologists (GOs), SEER-Medicare Linked Data 2000–2006 (N = 4,233)
| Percent of Women Using GOs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Non-Hispanic White | Non-Hispanic African American | Hispanic of Any Race | Non-Hispanic Asian | p† | |
| GOs at any time | 42.1 | 41.9 | 38.7 | 46.7 | 48.4 | .17 |
| Phases of care | ||||||
| Initial phase | 51.4 | 51.6 | 44.7 | 53.1 | 55.4 | .46 |
| Continuing phase | 41.9 | 41.8 | 38.0 | 45.8 | 43.6 | .79 |
| Final phase | 28.8 | 28.2 | 28.6 | 36.0 | 35.0 | .09 |
| GO in initial phase | ||||||
| Women who survived through follow-up (n = 614) | 57.0 | 57.4 | 53.8 | 53.3 | 57.1 | .96 |
| Women who died during follow-up but were alive for >24 months (n = 998) | 53.7 | 53.6 | 48.1 | 61.0 | 56.2 | .65 |
| Women who died within 24 months from diagnosis* (n = 568) | 41.4 | 41.8 | 32.3 | 40.0 | 50.0 | .66 |
| GO in final phase | ||||||
| Women who died during follow-up but were alive for >24 months (n = 1,066) | 33.7 | 33.4 | 31.6 | 38.3 | 37.1 | .85 |
| Women who died within 24 months from diagnosis (n = 2,494) | 26.7 | 26.0 | 27.7 | 35.0 | 33.8 | .09 |
Note. Phases of care are not mutually exclusive categories.
*
Initial phase is less than 12 months.
†
p values reported in this table were obtained from chi-square tests on overall racial/ethnic differences. None of the pairwise comparisons (ANOVA tests) were statistically significant (data not shown).