Table 2.

Patient mobility of 44,363 men undergoing radical radiation therapy between 2010 and 2014 in the English National Health Service: Number of hospitals “bypassed” and median travel time

No. of hospitals bypassed∗	No. of patients (%)	Travel time (min), median (interquartile range)
0	35,202 (79.4)	20.7 (12.1-32.7)
1	5142 (12.6)	38.3 (23.4-53.6)
2	1764 (4.0)	44.0 (22.9-59.6)
3	822 (1.9)	46.7 (34.7-60.6)
4	308 (0.7)	55.6 (43.3-67.3)
≥5	1125 (2.5)	52.9 (36.8-89.8)

^∗Hospitals are considered to be “bypassed” if a man has radiation therapy in a hospital that is further away from his place of residence in terms of travel time by car.