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Table 1 Characteristics of the cohort by province

From: Changes in primary care provider utilization by phase of care for women diagnosed with breast cancer: a CanIMPACT longitudinal cohort study

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British Columbia Nā€‰=ā€‰4133 (%)

Manitoba Nā€‰=ā€‰1472 (%)

Ontario Nā€‰=ā€‰12,851 (%)

Nova Scotia Nā€‰=ā€‰1133 (%)

Age group

18ā€“39

276 (6.7)

130 (8.8)

1299 (10.1)

76 (6.7)

40ā€“49

1157 (28.0)

405 (27.5)

3302 (25.7)

330 (29.1)

50ā€“59

1412 (34.2)

514 (34.9)

4252 (33.1)

357 (31.5)

60ā€“69

1019 (24.7)

325 (22.1)

3059 (23.8)

263 (23.2)

70ā€“74

189 (4.6)

68 (4.6)

610 (4.7)

53 (4.7)

75+

80 (1.9)

30 (2.0)

329 (2.6)

54 (4.8)

Comorbidity

0ā€“3

1534 (37.1)

406 (27.6)

3584 (27.9)

272 (24.0)

4ā€“5

1092 (26.4)

346 (23.5)

3126 (24.3)

263 (23.2)

6ā€“7

746 (18.0)

317 (21.5)

2832 (22.0)

230 (20.3)

8ā€“9

472 (11.4)

204 (13.9)

1831 (14.2)

181 (16.0)

10+

284 (6.9)

199 (13.5)

1478 (11.5)

187 (16.5)

Stage at diagnosis

I

1083 (26.2)

344 (23.4)

2881 (22.4)

333 (29.4)

II

2182 (52.8)

775 (52.6)

7332 (57.1)

568 (50.1)

III

868 (21.0)

353 (24.0)

2638 (20.5)

232 (20.5)

Income quintile

Q1 (lowest)

744 (18.0)

191 (13.0)

2031 (15.8)

179 (15.8)

Q2

778 (18.8)

267 (18.1)

2393 (18.6)

218 (19.3)

Q3

843 (20.4)

292 (19.8)

2536 (19.7)

235 (20.8)

Q4

878 (21.2)

377 (25.6)

2839 (22.1)

263 (23.3)

Q5(highest)

835 (20.2)

343 (23.3)

3011 (23.4)

236 (20.9)

Area of residence

Urban

3593 (86.9)

1071 (72.8)

11,249 (87.5)

795 (70.2)

Rural

98 (2.4)

38 (2.6)

703 (5.5)

27 (2.4)

Rural-remote

176 (4.3)

124 (8.4)

597 (4.6)

86 (7.6)

Rural-very remote

248 (6.0)

235 (16.0)

300 (2.3)

225 (19.9)

Total number of primary care provider visits

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28,441

8163

69,302

4664

  1. Notes: Comorbidity was measured using Aggregated Diagnostic Groups; 0.1% were missing comorbidity in BC; 1.3% missing income quintile in BC, 0.1% in MB, 0.3% in ON, andā€‰<ā€‰0.6% in NS; 0.4% missing area of residence in BC, 0.1% in MB, <ā€‰0.03% in ON; 0% had a rural unknown residence in BC, ON, and BC; <ā€‰0.7% had a rural unknown residence in MB. Total number of primary care provider visits determined using physician billing data for all phases of care