Table 1: Top correlated features of the A-B, B-C, and A-C intervals before the introduction of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) on the left and after on the right. Point A is the time when the radiographic abnormality is first identified. Point B is when tissue diagnosis is established. Point C is when definitive treatment is started.

Top Correlated Features for Each Time Interval

Pre-MDT

 

MDT

 

A-B Interval

 

A-B Interval

 

Primary Insurance: Medicare

0.138329

First Line Treatment Modality: Surgery

0.230753

Age at diagnosis

0.129978

Surgery as neoadjuvant, adjuvant, or monotherapy

0.216197

Primary Insurance: Geico No-Fault

0.098944

No surgery as neoadjuvant, adjuvant, or monotherapy

-0.216197

Primary Insurance: GHI

0.095892

Race, Ethnicity: Black or African American, Non-Hispanic or Latino

0.212675

Sex: Female

-0.094213

First Line Treatment by Department: In-house Surgery

0.193673

Sex: Male

0.094213

Retention Status: Not Retained

-0.148808

Primary Insurance: Managed Medicaid

-0.089142

Retention Status: Retained

0.148808

First Line Treatment Modality: Radiation

-0.072885

Living Status: Deceased at 6 months of initial contact

-0.12601

First Line Treatment by Department: In-house Radiation

-0.070447

Living Status: Alive at 6 months of initial contact

0.126006

Living Status: Deceased at 6 months of initial contact

0.068096

First Line Treatment by Department: External Surgery

0.121851

B-C Interval

 

B-C Interval

 

First Line Treatment by Department: External Medical Oncology

0.487673

First Line Treatment by Department: External Surgery

0.266607

Primary Insurance: GHI

0.347103

First Line Treatment by Department: In-house Surgery

-0.243417

 

First Line Treatment Modality: Chemotherapy

0.276782

Living Status: Deceased at 6 months of initial contact

-0.159619

First Line Treatment by Department: In-house Surgery

-0.213677

Living Status: Alive at 6 months of initial contact

0.159619

First Line Treatment Modality: Surgery

-0.205749

Not on hospice within 6 months of initial contact

0.155482

Age at diagnosis

0.19648

Hospice within 6 months of initial contact

-0.155482

Surgery as neoadjuvant, adjuvant, or monotherapy

-0.19593

First Line Treatment Modality: Sandostatin

0.149029

No surgery as neoadjuvant, adjuvant, or monotherapy

0.19593

First Line Treatment Modality: Surgery

-0.147716

Race, Ethnicity: White, Non-Hispanic or Latino

-0.186209

Race, Ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino

0.140701

Race, Ethnicity: Asian, Non-Hispanic or Latino

0.13013

First Line Treatment by Department: In-house Medical oncology

0.138439

A-C Interval

 

A-C Interval

 

Age at diagnosis

0.187696

Race, Ethnicity: Black or African American, Non-Hispanic or Latino

0.261471

Primary Insurance: GHI

0.173514

First Line Treatment by Department: External Surgery

0.197321

Primary Insurance: Geico No-Fault

0.130984

Living Status: Deceased at 6 months of initial contact

-0.159569

Primary Insurance: Managed Medicaid

-0.115292

Living Status: Alive at 6 months of initial contact

0.159569

Primary Insurance: Veterans Affairs Community Care Network

0.114047

Race, Ethnicity: White, Non-Hispanic or Latino

-0.147733

Primary Insurance: Medicare

0.109075

Primary Insurance: Managed Medicare

0.130578

Primary Insurance: United Healthcare

-0.070517

First Line Treatment Modality: Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy

-0.130343

Not on hospice within 6 months of initial contact

0.068017

Age at diagnosis

0.12144

Hospice within 6 months of initial contact

-0.068017

First Line Treatment by Department: In-house Medical Oncology

-0.119945

Sex: Female

-0.064429

Sex: Female

0.115196