The Influence of Dermatologist and Primary Care Physician Visits on Melanoma Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries

From the Department of Family Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (RGR, ECG, RC, KL-J); the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL (RGR, J-HL, KJF); the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (JMF); the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ (JMF); and the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (EPM).

From the Department of Family Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (RGR, ECG, RC, KL-J); the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL (RGR, J-HL, KJF); the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (JMF); the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ (JMF); and the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (EPM).

From the Department of Family Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (RGR, ECG, RC, KL-J); the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL (RGR, J-HL, KJF); the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (JMF); the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ (JMF); and the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (EPM).

From the Department of Family Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (RGR, ECG, RC, KL-J); the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL (RGR, J-HL, KJF); the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (JMF); the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ (JMF); and the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (EPM).

From the Department of Family Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (RGR, ECG, RC, KL-J); the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL (RGR, J-HL, KJF); the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (JMF); the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ (JMF); and the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (EPM).

From the Department of Family Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (RGR, ECG, RC, KL-J); the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL (RGR, J-HL, KJF); the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (JMF); the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ (JMF); and the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (EPM).

From the Department of Family Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (RGR, ECG, RC, KL-J); the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL (RGR, J-HL, KJF); the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (JMF); the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ (JMF); and the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (EPM).

From the Department of Family Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (RGR, ECG, RC, KL-J); the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL (RGR, J-HL, KJF); the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (JMF); the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ (JMF); and the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (EPM).