A preliminary assessment of guideline adherence and clinical variation in oral cancer treatment: a MarketScan database study

Table 2 Compliance with guideline-recommended processes of care

Guideline-recommended processes	No.Patients (N = 2,752)
Multidisciplinary consultation‡
(2 specialties: Med Onc, Rad Onc, or Surgery*)	513 (18.6%)
Head and Neck Imaging	1653 (60%)
Northeast	328 (60.4%)
North Central	463 (64%)
South	510 (58.4%)
West	304 (56.1%) p = 0.026
Chest Imaging Northeast North Central South West	1,721 (62.54%) 353 (65%) 474 (65.5%) 540 (61.8%) 308 (56.8%) p = 0.007
Patients with at least one TFTS following treatment†	586/1,078 (54.3%)
Patients with Perfect Adherence^a	329/1,078 (30.5%)

Time frame for assessing compliance with imaging is -/ + two months of the cancer diagnosis date
^‡ Patients with at least 1 consultation during the 6 months before to 3 months after surgery
^*Surgery/ENT/Plastic/Maxillofacial surgery
^†Patients with a Radiation or CCRT Treatment Modality only
^aPerfect adherence captures patients who have had a TFTS in each available year of post-radiation follow-up
Note: The denominator in the different geographic regions is the same as the Overall column in Table 1

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