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Exclusion cascade for sample derivation.
Tables
- Table 1.
Cohort Characteristics Between Cancer Survivors With and Without a Primary Care Dominant Provider
Category Primary Care Dominant (n = 519) Non-Primary Care Dominant (n = 432) P value Age at baseline (median [IQR]) 73 [68 to 78] 74 [69 to 78] 0.155 Race 0.376 Black 145 (27.9%) 132 (30.6%) White 374 (72.1%) 300 (69.4%) Gender 0.629 Female 219 (42.2%) 189 (43.8%) Male 300 (57.8%) 243 (56.2%) Annual household income 0.213 less than $20k 101 (19.5%) 85 (19.7%) $20k-$34k 140 (27.0%) 136 (31.5%) $35k-$74k 170 (32.8%) 114 (26.4%) $75k and above 45 (8.7%) 35 (8.1%) Missing 63 (12.1%) 62 (14.4%) Highest level of education 0.324 Less than high school 63 (12.1%) 68 (15.7%) High school graduate 124 (23.9%) 101 (23.4%) Some college 143 (27.6%) 116 (26.9%) College graduate and above 188 (36.2%) 146 (33.8%) Relationship status 0.353 Married 318 (61.3%) 245 (56.7%) Unmarried 201 (38.7%) 187 (43.3%) Geographic region 0.569 Belt 162 (31.2%) 122 (28.2%) Buckle 45 (8.7%) 42 (9.7%) Non-belt 312 (60.1%) 268 (62.0%) Area of residence 0.489 Missing 52 (10.0%) 35 (8.1%) Rural (<=25% Urban) 39 (7.5%) 25 (5.8%) Mixed (25 to 75% Urban) 48 (9.2%) 39 (9.0%) Urban (>=75% Urban) 380 (73.2%) 333 (77.1%) Physical activity 0.390 None 197 (38.0%) 159 (36.8%) 1 to 3 times per week 176 (33.9%) 133 (30.8%) 4 or more per week 134 (25.8%) 127 (29.4%) Alcohol consumption 0.515 None 312 (60.1%) 248 (57.4%) Moderate 170 (32.8%) 156 (36.1%) Heavy 24 (4.6%) 17 (3.9%) Smoking status 0.673 Never 207 (39.9%) 160 (37.0%) Past 268 (51.6%) 234 (54.2%) Current 41 (7.9%) 35 (8.1%) Body mass index 0.511 Underweight 7 (1.3%) 6 (1.4%) Normal 141 (27.2%) 99 (22.9%) Overweight 220 (42.4%) 191 (44.2%) Obese 150 (28.9%) 135 (31.2%) History of heart disease 0.781 No 364 (70.1%) 305 (70.6%) Yes 143 (27.6%) 115 (26.6%) Diabetes, taking insulin 0.186 No 476 (91.7%) 381 (88.2%) Yes 24 (4.6%) 28 (6.5%) Hypertension, taking medication 0.857 No 175 (33.7%) 148 (34.3%) Yes 343 (66.1%) 283 (65.5%) General health (Short Form-1) 0.545 Poor 21 (4.0%) 22 (5.1%) Fair 75 (14.5%) 73 (16.9%) Good 188 (36.2%) 153 (35.4%) Very good 148 (28.5%) 125 (28.9%) Excellent 86 (16.6%) 58 (13.4%) Physical Component Summary score 0.289 Median [IQR] 48.2 [39.1 to 54.1] 48.1 [38.9 to 53.5] Missing 32 (6.2%) 23 (5.3%) Mental Component Summary score 0.841 Median [IQR] 57.3 [53.2 to 59.9] 57.3 [52.9 to 59.8] Missing 32 (6.2%) 23 (5.3%) Note: Stroke belt (Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and the noncoastal regions in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia) and the stroke buckle (the coastal regions within North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia).
Abbreviation: IQR, interquartile ranges.
Provider Specialty Code Description of the Provider Specialty Code Percentage of Beneficiaries in the Study with this Dominant Provider 11 Physician/Internal Medicine* 35.4 8 Physician/Family Practice* 17.9 18 Physician/Ophthalmology 7.4 6 Physician/Cardiovascular Disease† 6.0 7 Physician/Dermatology 4.0 20 Physician/Orthopedic Surgery 3.6 34 Physician/Urology 3.1 29 Physician/Pulmonary Disease 1.7 39 Physician/Nephrology 1.6 4 Physician/Otolaryngology 1.4 48 Podiatry 1.4 1 Physician/General Practice* 1.3 41 Optometry 1.3 10 Physician/Gastroenterology 1.1 83 Physician/Hematology-Oncology‡ 1.1 90 Physician/Medical Oncology‡ 0.7 16 Physician/Obstetrics & Gynecology 0.6 38 Physician/Geriatric Medicine 0.6 46 Physician/Endocrinology 0.6 66 Physician/Rheumatology 0.6 Notes: Provider specialty codes representing ≤0.5% of beneficiaries were suppressed.
↵* Primary care combines ‘1’,‘8’,‘11’. Provider specialty code ‘11’ includes individuals whose primary specialty is internal medicine.
↵† Cardiology combines ‘6’, and ‘78’.
↵‡ Oncology combines ‘83’,‘90’,‘91’,‘92’. Provider specialty code ‘92’ had 0.2%, ‘91’ had 0.1%, and ‘78’ had 0.1% of beneficiaries.
