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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Rural Health. 2008 Fall;24(4):390–399. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00186.x

Table 2.

Proximity of CRC Patients to 3 Types of Cancer Care Providers by Geographic Area of Residence

Surgical Hospitals (Stages I–III CRC Patients) MOs (Stage III Colon Cancer,
Stage II–III Rectal Cancer Patients)		 ROs (Stage II–III Rectal Cancer Patients)
Rural Rural Rural
%With Service
Available:		 Isolated
Small
(N = 1,502)		 Small
(N = 1,571)		 Large
(N = 1,695)		 Urban
(N = 22,358)		 Isolated
Small
(N = 424)		 Small
(N = 456)		 Large
(N = 468)		 Urban
(N = 6,471)		 Isolated
Small
(N = 117)		 Small
(N = 126)		 Large
(N = 120)		 Urban
(N = 1,607)
Within 30 miles 90.8*** 96.3 97.7 99.6 30.0*** 40.4 76.5 99.6 27.4*** 27.8 65.0 98.4
Within 50 miles 96.6*** 97.7 98.9 99.8 67.5*** 73.7 86.3 99.9 62.4*** 62.7 70.0 99.4

Overall chi-square tests were used to test for statistically significant differences between patients living in the 4 different geographic areas (eg, comparing proportions of stage I–III CRC patients living in urban, large rural, small rural, and isolated small rural areas who lived within 30 miles of a surgical hospital.

*

P ≤ .05.

**

P ≤ .01.

***

P ≤ .001.

Missing values for surgical hospitals 17, ROs 12, MOs 37.