Figure 3.

Association between the presence of a patient navigator in a cancer program and elements of shared decision-making for patients with non–small cell lung cancer. “Patient navigator” includes oncology nurses, nurse navigators, advanced practice nurses, financial advocates, navigators, and social workers who provide financial counseling and support patient access. Higher mean scores are indicative of a greater occurrence of SDM. Error bars represent standard deviation.*t-test results did not meet the assumption of equal variances, and degrees of freedom were adjusted accordingly. p value (.082) for nonparametric testing was not statistically significant at the .05 alpha level.