Table 4.

Family Physician Pattern of Care by Cancer Phase

Cancer Phase
Pattern of CareDiagnosis (N=395)Primary Treatment (n=118)Stability (n=238)Progression/Relapse (n=50)Advanced/Terminal (n=39)PValuea
Note: Values are percentages of patients.
a From the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test; compares variation of each family physician pattern of care across cancer phases.
No family physician7.88.54.24.05.1.31
Sequential11.612.73.82.018.0<.001
Parallel64.654.255.962.023.1<.001
Shared16.024.636.132.053.8<.001