Table 6.
Cancer-related medical visit within LAST 2 y | Cancer-related medical visit within NEXT 2 y | |||||
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Characteristic | RR | 95% CI | P-value | RR | 95% CI | P-value |
Cancer therapy | ||||||
Radiation therapy | ||||||
Any | 1.2 | 1.0–1.5 | 0.03 | |||
Primary care | ||||||
Seen PCP since finishing treatment | 1.3 | 1.0–1.6 | 0.019 | |||
Cancer care | ||||||
Cancer-related medical visit within last 2y | NA | 1.5 | 1.3–1.8 | <0.001 | ||
Have cancer treatment summary | 1.3 | 1.0–1.6 | 0.035 | |||
Chronic health problem related to cancer | ||||||
None/ mild (referent) | 1.0 | |||||
Moderate, severe, life-threatening | 2.1 | 1.7–2.7 | <0.001 | |||
Health care motivation† | ||||||
Importance of cancer-related visit | 1.2 | 1.1–1.3 | <0.001 | 1.5 | 1.4–1.7 | <0.001 |
Beliefs about health and health care† | ||||||
Cancer-related health problem likely | 1.2 | 1.1–1.3 | <0.001 | 1.1 | 1.1–1.2 | <0.001 |
Confidence in doctors | 1.2 | 1.0–1.3 | 0.004 | 1.1 | 1.0–1.2 | 0.01 |
Health care barriers† | ||||||
Painful memory of cancer treatment | 1.1 | 1.0–1.2 | 0.046 |
Notes:
Models do not include “cancer center visit within last 4 y” due to correlation with outcomes of interest
RR for each 1-unit increase on a 5-point Likert scale (not at all/almost never to extremely/almost always)