Table 1.
Sample Characteristics
| Weighted % or Mean (SD) | |
|---|---|
| Patients | Within N = 237 triads |
| Age | 61.3 (11.4) |
| Race | |
| White | 69.1 |
| Black | 17.2 |
| Hispanic | 6.6 |
| Asian | 6.9 |
| Unknown | 0.2 |
| Education | |
| High school or less | 23.1 |
| Some college | 37.0 |
| College graduate or more | 39.8 |
| Cancer stage | |
| 0 | 21.2 |
| I | 52.3 |
| II | 26.5 |
| Surgical treatment | |
| Breast conserving surgery | 68.7 |
| Unilateral mastectomy | 11.6 |
| Bilateral mastectomy | 19.7 |
| SEER site | |
| Georgia | 74.4 |
| Los Angeles County | 25.6 |
| Primary care physicians | N = 190 |
| Years in practice | 21.2 (9.4) |
| Male gender | 50.8 |
| Number of new breast cancer patients/year | |
| ≤ 10 | 85.5 |
| 11–15 | 6.6 |
| ≥ 16 | 7.9 |
| Practice type | |
| Large group or HMO | 21.1 |
| Other (academic, community health clinic, private practice, other) | 78.9 |
| Oncologists | N = 116 |
| Years in practice | 16.1 (10.7) |
| Male gender | 59.9 |
| Number of new breast cancer patients/year | |
| < 21 | 13.4 |
| 21–50 | 30.6 |
| > 50 | 49.9 |
| Practice type | |
| Integrated or government-facility | 15.4 |
| Other (private practice, academic, non-academic health system, outside management agreement) | 84.6 |