Baseline provider characteristics
| Breast | Lung | GI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 14 | 16 | 18 |
| Study period | 3/2013–12/2013 | 9/2013–5/2014 | 1/2014–11/2014 |
| Average age | 48.1±9.9 | 47.4±10.6 | 43.2±10.2 |
| Number of | |||
| Advanced practice practitioners | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Medical oncologists | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| Radiation oncologists | – | 1 | – |
| Surgeons | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Gastroenterologists | – | – | 2 |
| Pulmonologists | – | 1 | – |
| Average years of practice | 13.7±10.5 | 13.9±9.9 | 6.9±5.2 |
| Average case load per week* | 40.9±13.2 | 20.8±14.0 | NR† |
| Patients with cancer seen per week (%) | 86.1±23.1 | 84.1±17.5 | 76.7±29.7 |
| Time teaching (%) | 15.4±12.2 | 22.3±25.4 | 20.0±22.6 |
| Time researching (%) | 14.4±18.3 | 20.7±25.7 | 13.6±16.1 |
*Information not recorded.
†Derived from the number of patients with cancer seen per week divided by per cent of patients with cancer.
GI, gastrointestinal; –, no providers of this type in this area.