Table 4.

Timing of First MDS Assessment (2011–2014) Relative to Date of Cancer Diagnosis (2004–2013) Among Patients Newly Admitted to a Nursing Home, by Cancer Site

	Patients	Timing of First MDS Assessment Relative to the Date of Cancer Diagnosis (%)						Median time from DX to first MDS assessment
Cancer site	N	1+ months before (%)	Month of or 1 month after (%)	2–12 months after (%)	13–36 months after (%)	37–60 months after (%)	60+ months after (%)	Months
Bladder	14090	9.1	7.5	15.0	21.2	18.4	28.8	33
Breast	36044	7.6	3.1	8.8	20.7	21.3	38.6	48
Colorectal	28485	9.6	18.1	13.5	15.7	15.7	27.4	26
Kidney	7726	10.2	12.7	13.4	18.7	17.0	28.1	30
Leukemias	5860	13.8	12.1	14.3	18.7	16.1	25.0	25
Lung	28490	16.3	20.1	24.2	18.1	9.8	11.5	6
Non-hodgkin lymphoma	10713	8.9	12.9	15.6	18.1	16.6	27.9	30
Ovary	2917	12.4	23.9	17.1	16.0	13.3	17.3	9
Pancreas	4681	25.8	27.9	27.8	10.5	3.7	4.3	1
Prostate	31884	5.1	2.8	7.1	18.5	21.4	45.2	55
Thyroid	2117	8.7	4.2	10.5	18.6	19.7	38.3	46
Uterus/Endometrium	7895	8.6	8.5	14.7	20.1	17.0	31.3	34
Other Cancer	67201	12.9	13.3	17.3	19.3	15.1	22.0	19
Multiple- first cancer	8844	7.9	11.2	21.0	20.2	16.0	23.7	23

Note. DX=Diagnosis; MDS=Minimum Data Set