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Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 May 12;96(2):251–258. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.05.006

Table 2.

Use of hypofractionated radiotherapy and corresponding regional healthcare characteristics

	Hypofractionated radiotherapy use by healthcare referral region					p-value for trend
	Bottom quintile	2^nd quintile	3^rd quintile	4^th quintile	Top quintile	p-value for trend

Proportion of hypofractionated RT – median (range)	3.2 % (0–4.2%)	5.4% (4.2–6.2%)	7.4% (6.3–9.0%)	10.8% (9.0–13.3%)	17.4% (13.3–46.6%)	–
Acute Care Hospital Beds per 1,000 Residents (2006)	2.87	2.58	2.37	2.37	2.36	<0.0001
Radiation Oncologists per 100,000 Residents (2006)	0.98	1.07	1.09	1.32	1.16	0.0003
Medicare reimbursements per enrollee (2006)	$8,276	$8,054	$7,944	$7,703	$7,741	0.0003

total Medicare reimbursements per enrollee were price, age, sex and race-adjusted