Table 2 Usual health-care utilisation characteristics of screen-detected breast cancer patients in Ontario, Canada by diagnostic route (%)

From: Effect of specialized diagnostic assessment units on the time to diagnosis in screen-detected breast cancer patients

 

UC ( n =1215)

DAU ( n =1284)

P -value

Frequency of doctor visits

<10

36.9

41.4

0.12

10–19

34.5

32.6

 

20–29

16.2

15.1

 

30+

12.4

10.8

 

Had a primary care provider

95.9

93.9

0.02

Continuity of care

Non-users

6.4

7.8

0.22

Low

25.0

26.6

 

High

68.6

65.6

 

Preventive services index a

Median

0.40

0.40

0.06

Interquartile range

0.22–0.70

0.20–0.68

 
  1. Abbreviations: DAU=diagnostic assessment units; IQR=interquartile range; UC=usual care.
  2. aPreventive service index score is the proportion of preventive services used out of the total number of preventive services for which an individual was eligible.
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