Table 2.
Regional characteristics, overall and according to quality ranking of healthcare system.
| Healthcare System Quality (column %) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 1-star | 2-star | 3-star | p | |
| Number of urologists per 100,000 men 65+ | <0.001* | ||||
| Low (≤53) | 15,707 | 32.7 | 33.3 | 32.0 | |
| Intermediate | 14,338 | 27.4 | 31.9 | 28.0 | |
| High (≥87) | 17,992 | 39.9 | 34.9 | 40.0 | |
| Number of radiation oncologists per 100,000 men 65+ | 0.786* | ||||
| Low (≤22) | 15,796 | 32.9 | 33.0 | 32.8 | |
| Intermediate | 15,361 | 28.9 | 33.2 | 31.3 | |
| High (≥37) | 16,880 | 38.2 | 33.8 | 36.0 | |
| Number of hospital beds per 100,000 men 65+ | 0.004* | ||||
| Low (≤4,750) | 14,996 | 32.4 | 33.0 | 28.7 | |
| Intermediate | 16,192 | 25.8 | 31.1 | 38.9 | |
| High (≥6,854) | 16,849 | 41.8 | 35.9 | 32.3 | |
| Medicare managed care penetration | <0.001* | ||||
| Low (≤4.9%) | 15,981 | 42.3 | 29.8 | 35.2 | |
| Intermediate | 15,948 | 25.7 | 33.7 | 34.6 | |
| High (≥16.2%) | 16,108 | 32.0 | 36.6 | 30.2 | |
*
Mantel-Haenszel chi-squared test