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Benjamin M Craig1, Bethany A Bell, Gwendolyn P Quinn
1Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 Magnolia Drive, MRC-CANCONT, Tampa, FL 33612-9416, USA. benjamin.craig@moffitt.org
Abstract:
Understanding the prevalence of cancer-related visits by physician specialty may help target educational and quality improvement initiatives. Using the 1997-2006 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, adult ambulatory visits (N = 161,278) were classified by cancer diagnosis and patients' characteristics and compared with physician specialty. The prevalence of cancer visits within each specialty varied from 0% to 62%. Aside from hematology/oncology (hem/onc) specialties, nine surgical specialties and four medical specialties had more than 1% cancer visits. Cancer patients with private insurance or Medicaid coverage were less likely to see hem/onc specialists compared to Medicare patients. Whereas hem/onc specialists primarily see cancer patients, general surgeons and primary care physicians provide a large amount of cancer services, particularly to underinsured patients. Thus, when trying to contact cancer patients or their physicians, health administrators, researchers, and practitioners should consider targeting general surgeons and primary care physicians in addition to hem/onc specialists.
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