Table 2.
Outpatient Provider Visits by Childhood Cancer Survivors.
| Primary Care Physician N=556 | Specialty Care Physician N=321 | Nurse Practitioner/ Physician Assistant† N=208 | Survivorship Clinic Provider N=97 | No Outpatient Visits N=50 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | %* | |||||
| Overall | 698 | 81.3 | 54.4 | 30.3 | 14.2 | 7.2 |
| Age at survey, years | ||||||
| 22–29 | 214 | 76.5 | 51.1 | 29.1 | 13.1 | 7.0 |
| 30–29 | 228 | 81.9 | 52.0 | 30.8 | 12.8 | 5.3 |
| 40–62 | 256 | 81.9 | 57.3 | 30.0 | 15.8 | 9.1 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 384 | 84.2 | 60.3 | 36.7 | 16.7 | 4.7 |
| Male | 314 | 77.7 | 47.3 | 22.6 | 11.3 | 10.2 |
| Chronic Health Conditions | ||||||
| None | 111 | 70.9 | 30.1 | 19.8 | 8.0 | 16.5 |
| Mild to moderate | 319 | 83.8 | 49.4 | 33.2 | 11.1 | 6.0 |
| Severe to life-threatening | 268 | 82.4 | 69.2 | 31.0 | 20.1 | 5.0 |
| Insurance | ||||||
| Private | 529 | 86.1 | 57.7 | 32.2 | 13.8 | 5.3 |
| Public | 82 | 85.3 | 58.6 | 31.3 | 21.0 | 2.8 |
| None | 79 | 44.2 | 26.5 | 18.3 | 7.0 | 27.2 |
Note: Columns are not mutually exclusive, percentages are by row to demonstrate the distribution of providers seen by independent characteristics
*
Percentages are weighted to reflect the population age distribution of the full original Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort
†
Primary care versus specialty care location of Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant visits was not specified on the survey