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. 2024 May 2;20(8):1123–1131. doi: 10.1200/OP.23.00657

TABLE 3.

Patient Travel and Out-of-Pocket Expenses Saved

Year No. of Patients Seen at LACGH LDAP Average Travel Saved per Patient (estimated travel to KHSC minus estimated travel to LACGH) Travel Allowance Rate Total CAD Saved, $
Patient travel expenses
 2021 6 79.7 km/patient CAD $0.59/km 282.00
 2022 115 72.9 km/patient CAD $0.61/km 5,110.60
 Total return travel expense saved 5,392.60
Out-of-pocket expenses
 Total parking cost saved (3$/h; n = 121) 363.00
 Total patient out-of-pocket cost savings (n = 121) 5,755.60
 Out-of-pocket cost savings per patient visit 47.60

Abbreviations: CAD, Canadian dollars; KHSC, Kingston Health Sciences Centre; LACGH, Lennox and Addington County General Hospital; LDAP, Lung Diagnostic Assessment Program.