Journal of Oncology

Research Article

Variations in Emergency Service Utilization among Cancer Survivors: Results from the Pan-Canadian Experiences of Cancer Patients in Transition Study Survey

Table 4

Emergency service utilization (ESU) in the first year after cancer treatment completion versus emergency service, PCP, and oncology specialist utilization in the second and third years for cancer survivors included in our study population.


	ESU first year
	Total	None	1–3 times	>3 times	value
	N = 5,774	N = 4,523	N = 913	N = 338	value

ESU second year					<0.001
Not at all	4,773 (82.7%)	4,090 (90.4%)	564 (61.8%)	119 (35.2%)
1–3 times	328 (5.7%)	61 (1.3%)	181 (19.8%)	86 (25.4%)
>3 times	102 (1.8%)	5 (0.1%)	8 (0.9%)	89 (26.3%)
N/A^†	571 (9.9%)	367 (8.1%)	160 (17.5%)	44 (13.0%)
ESU third year					<0.001
Not at all	3,687 (63.9%)	3,079 (68.1%)	469 (51.4%)	139 (41.1%)
1–3 times	176 (3.0%)	52 (1.1%)	81 (8.9%)	43 (12.7%)
>3 times	53 (0.9%)	7 (0.2%)	6 (0.7%)	40 (11.8%)
N/A	1,858 (32.2%)	1,385 (30.6%)	357 (39.1%)	116 (34.3%)
PCP second year					<0.001
Not at all	1,391 (24.1%)	1,201 (26.6%)	150 (16.4%)	40 (11.8%)
1–3 times	2,586 (44.8%)	2,066 (45.7%)	404 (44.2%)	116 (34.3%)
>3 times	1,323 (22.9%)	900 (19.9%)	276 (30.2%)	147 (43.5%)
N/A	474 (8.2%)	356 (7.9%)	83 (9.1%)	35 (10.4%)
PCP third year					<0.001
Not at all	1,282 (22.2%)	1,089 (24.1%)	151 (16.5%)	42 (12.4%)
1–3 times	1,971 (34.1%)	1,555 (34.4%)	312 (34.2%)	104 (30.8%)
>3 times	753 (13.0%)	516 (11.4%)	149 (16.3%)	88 (26.0%)
N/A	1,768 (30.6%)	1,363 (30.1%)	301 (33.0%)	104 (30.8%)
Oncologist second year					<0.001
Not at all	1,327 (23.0%)	1,178 (26.0%)	121 (13.3%)	28 (8.3%)
1–3 times	2,585 (44.8%)	2,063 (45.6%)	402 (44.0%)	120 (35.5%)
>3 times	1,560 (27.0%)	1,041 (23.0%)	346 (37.9%)	173 (51.2%)
N/A	302 (5.2%)	241 (5.3%)	44 (4.8%)	17 (5.0%)
Oncologist third year					<0.001
Not at all	1,368 (23.7%)	1,163 (25.7%)	150 (16.4%)	55 (16.3%)
1–3 times	2,081 (36.0%)	1,622 (35.9%)	350 (38.3%)	109 (32.2%)
>3 times	656 (11.4%)	432 (9.6%)	137 (15.0%)	87 (25.7%)
N/A	1,669 (28.9%)	1,306 (28.9%)	276 (30.2%)	87 (25.7%)

^†N/A = do not remember/not applicable/missing.