Table 5.
Proportion of CRC Patients Bypassing Closest 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 | ||||||||||
| % Bypassing by More than: |
Isolated Small (N = 1,467) |
Small (N = 1,526) |
Large (N = 1,618) |
Urban (N = 21,863) |
Isolated Small (N = 294) |
Small (N = 324) |
Large (N = 307) |
Urban (N = 4,493) |
Isolated Small (N = 63) |
Small (N = 73) |
Large (N = 65) |
Urban (N = 901) |
| 30 miles | 27.1*** | 28.5 | 14.9 | 1.9 | 19.4*** | 21.0 | 26.1 | 2.7 | 25.4*** | 26.0 | 21.5 | 2.3 |
| 50 miles | 17.9*** | 20.6 | 11.1 | 1.0 | 11.6*** | 10.5 | 18.6 | 0.7 | 17.5*** | 13.7 | 10.8 | 1.4 |
Overall chi-square tests were used to test for statistically significant differences between patients living in the 4 different geographic areas (e.g., comparing proportions of stage I–III CRC patients living in urban, large rural, small rural, and isolated small rural areas who bypassed their closest cancer care providers by more than 30 miles).
*
P ≤ .05.
**
P ≤ .01.
***
P ≤ .001.