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TABLE 2.2
Distribution of Adult (age 25 and older) Ambulatory Cancer Care Visits, by Type of Cancer, Site of Visit, and Physician Specialty, 1994-1996 a
Type of Cancerb
All
Larynx, Lung
Female Breast
Prostate
Colon, Rectum
Lymphoma, Leukemias
Skin (nonmelanoma)
Other Type
Sample Size
5,609
455
1,122
698
606
705
713
1,310
Site of Visit
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Physician office-based visits
88.6
83.5
88.4
94.0
87.9
86.5
94.5
84.8
Hospital outpatient department visits
11.4
16.5
11.6
6.0
12.1
13.5
5.5
15.2
Physician Office-Based Visits c
All physicians
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Oncology
33.8
45.5
45.1
9.9
51.0
72.9
0.3
27.3
Primary care
15.4
23.0
12.8
14.3
24.1
16.0
10.5
14.7
General surgery
10.4
3.0
29.9
0.7
16.3
1.5
5.9
8.0
Specialty surgery
5.1
4.4
6.6
0.2
1.8
0.8
12.7
5.4
Dermatology
14.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.6
67.3
14.4
Urology
12.3
0.0
0.0
71.5
0.1
0.0
0.0
13.4
Other specialty
8.8
24.0
5.5
3.5
6.7
7.3
3.3
16.9
Hospital Outpatient Department Visits d
Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
General medical
81.0
73.1
87.0
66.6
91.3
96.0
82.2
69.8
Surgery
18.0
26.8
13.0
33.4
8.7
3.7
17.8
26.7
Other
1.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
3.5
