Table 3.

PCP Preference for Timing and Updates of Care Plans and Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to Use of Care Plans

Parameter	WREN Cohort: Sample Plan (n = 46)* (%)	UW Cohort: Personalized Plans (n = 26)* (%)
Need and timing for possible care plans updates
Never	0	0
After every oncology visit	28	4
Yearly	24	27
Every few years	2	0
Based on information changes, not time	54	62
Other	9	8
Best time to deliver care plan to PCP†
Immediately after cancer diagnosis	9	0
Immediately after primary treatment	43	62
1-2 years after diagnosis	0	4
When patient discharged from oncology follow-up	33	35
Other	15	4
Endorsed facilitators of care plan use by PCP†
Increased awareness of existence	87	81
Routinely provided care plans for all	85	73
Standardized location	89	88
Care plan specific to primary care	61	50
Shorter care plan, with ideal length fill-in	33	31
Other (with fill-in)	20	8
Endorsed barriers to care plan use by PCP†
Content too generic	26	23
Plan difficult to understand	28	12
Plan too long	67	54
Not sure how to find it	83	62
Not located in patient chart	74	65
Don't know to look for it	76	65
Don't know that it exists	85	81
Plan disrupts clinical workflow	26	23
Follow-up care continues with oncologist	24	19

Abbreviations: PCP, primary care provider; WREN, Wisconsin Research and Education Network; UW, University of Wisconsin.

^*Denominators for individual questions vary based on whether participants answered.

^†Participant instructed to select all that applied.