For electronic intake summaries, receipt confirmation occurred passively as access to the eSummary was captured within the CR program database.
Sixty-four consenting PCPs who also agreed to a brief interview were contacted within a month of receiving the intake confirmation receipt.
There was significant variation in CR intake transition report receipt by CR site (p < 0.001).
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The median wait time from referral receipt to intake was 22 days (mean, 30.82 ± 38.51 days), and from intake to initiation of the exercise program was 28 days (mean, 40.98 ± 51.59 days).
In conclusion, this was, to the best of our knowledge the first study to systematically examine the important issue of CR program intake transition record generation, receipt and utility to PCPs of patients participating in CR.
Higher education, higher intake of fruits/vegetables, and receipt of chemotherapy were associated with initiation (p-values <0.05).
The lack of PCP receipt of CR intake transition records can be partially explained by one CR site only sending an intake transition record if there was no follow-up from an in-house specialist, and another CR site not sending CR intake transition records at all.
Moreover, there was wide variation in PCP receipt of CR intake transition records based on CR site, ranging from 0-100%.
Where the PCP provided consent, a modified version of Dillman's tailored design approach [ 17] was used to verify receipt of the intake transition records.
