Table 4.
Median Distance in Road Miles Traveled by CRC Patients to their Cancer Care Providers by Geographic Area of Residence and Geographic Area of Care
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Median Distance to Actual Care Providers in: |
Isolated Small (N = 1,468) |
Small (N = 1,517) |
Large (N = 1,610) |
Urban (N = 21,861) |
Isolated Small (N = 281) |
Small (N = 324) |
Large (N = 298) |
Urban (N = 4,485) |
Isolated Small (N = 60) |
Small (N = 68) |
Large (N = 60) |
Urban (N = 897) |
| Isolated small rural | 6.2 | |||||||||||
| Small rural | 17.8 | 0.0 | 19.5 | 19.8 | 5.0 | |||||||
| Large rural | 27.1 | 23.4 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 39.7 | 40.1 | 0.0 | 15.2 | 34.9 | 40.1 | 7.0 | |
| Urban | 47.8 | 50.3 | 70.0 | 5.5 | 60.2 | 56.6 | 62.1 | 6.4 | 67.0 | 54.8 | 64.1 | 7.5 |
N for each set of distances represents cancer patients who received the cancer service (ie, surgical resection, medical oncology consultation, radiation oncology consultation), had valid residence and provider ZIP codes available, and had distance data available. Categories with less than 10 patients were excluded.