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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Mens Health. 2015 May 1;11(5):14–21.

Table 5.

Mean number of visits two years before and after prostate cancer diagnosis by provider specialty or location

Utilization 2 years before
prostate cancer diagnosis
Utilization 2 years after
prostate cancer diagnosis
2 years before 2 years after
Department Mean (SD) Mean SD)
Ambulatory 15.7 (17.33) 30.3 (24.55)
Family/Internal 5.6 (5.84) 6.7 (6.96)
Urology/Oncology 1.0 (2.62) 5.1 (6.00)
Inpatient 0.2 (0.65) 0.6 (1.06)
Other (home health, hospice, etc.) 0.1 (1.20) 0.5 (2.47)
Emergency Dept. 0.6 (1.36) 0.8 (1.69)