Skip to main content

Table 3 Results of key cancer physician recruitment at baseline and follow-up of NCCCP implementation

From: The strategic case for establishing public-private partnerships in cancer care

 

Number of key cancer physiciansa

 

Site numberb

Baseline (CY 2006)c

Follow-up (CY 2009)d

Change

Ranking of change

Degree of changee

Site 1

8

11

+3

8

L

Site 2

4

39

+35

1

H

Site 3

32

37

+5

5

H

Site 4

10

11

+1

9

L

Site 5

9

18

+9

3

H

Site 6

25

30

+5

5

H

Site 7

12

10

−2

10

L

Site 8

10

16

+6

4

H

Site 9

17

38

+19

2

H

Site 10

19

24

+5

5

H

  1. aSites were asked to provide the “number and type of clinical staff” that “operate in the cancer centre [as of a given date] as noted in the definition provided.” For this variable, sites were to indicate the number and type of staff such as medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and clinical research nurses. From this information, the number of physicians was extrapolated. The count presented excludes physician assistants, physicists, dosimetrists, therapists, technicians, geneticists, phlebotomists, or any other role clearly not a physician.
  2. bSites have been randomly numbered to ensure confidentiality of data.
  3. cData Source: Baseline Assessment Survey (BAS) collected for Calendar Year (CY) 2006.
  4. dData Source: FAS collected for CY 2009.
  5. e1 = highest positive change; 10 = lowest positive change or highest negative change. Note that three hospitals reported a positive change of five additional key cancer physicians so are ranked as ties, skewing the count to seven “high” ranked sites.