Table 5:
Patient Characteristics by Distance to Closest High Quality Hospital (n=29,844)*
| < 9 km | 9 – 14 km | 15 – 24 km | 25 – 48 km | > 48 km | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Group | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N |
| 18–44 | 877 | 20.8 | 893 | 21.2 | 895 | 21.3 | 817 | 19.4 | 728 | 17.3 | 4210 |
| 45–54 | 1328 | 20.7 | 1309 | 20.4 | 1273 | 19.8 | 1353 | 21.1 | 1160 | 18.1 | 6423 |
| 55–64 | 1444 | 20.0 | 1452 | 20.1 | 1455 | 20.1 | 1401 | 19.4 | 1469 | 20.3 | 7221 |
| 65+ | 2320 | 19.3 | 2315 | 19.3 | 2345 | 19.6 | 2398 | 20.0 | 2612 | 21.8 | 11990 |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 3418 | 18.1 | 3399 | 18.0 | 3547 | 18.7 | 4034 | 21.3 | 4522 | 23.9 | 18920 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 308 | 21.8 | 319 | 22.5 | 436 | 30.8 | 234 | 16.5 | 119 | 8.4 | 1416 |
| Hispanic | 1121 | 19.5 | 1275 | 22.2 | 1267 | 22.0 | 1050 | 18.3 | 1036 | 18.0 | 5749 |
| Asian/PI | 1083 | 30.4 | 939 | 26.3 | 692 | 19.4 | 619 | 17.4 | 231 | 6.5 | 3564 |
| American Indian/Other | 39 | 20.0 | 37 | 19.0 | 26 | 13.3 | 32 | 16.4 | 61 | 31.3 | 195 |
| Socioeconomic Status | |||||||||||
| Lowest SES | 814 | 20.2 | 902 | 22.3 | 691 | 17.1 | 553 | 13.7 | 1077 | 26.7 | 4037 |
| Lower-Middle SES | 851 | 15.7 | 1094 | 20.1 | 1006 | 18.5 | 955 | 17.6 | 1529 | 28.1 | 5435 |
| Middle SES | 1165 | 18.4 | 1163 | 18.4 | 1196 | 18.9 | 1185 | 18.7 | 1615 | 25.5 | 6324 |
| Higher-Middle SES | 1433 | 20.9 | 1264 | 18.4 | 1480 | 21.6 | 1529 | 22.3 | 1154 | 16.8 | 6860 |
| Highest SES | 1706 | 23.7 | 1546 | 21.5 | 1595 | 22.2 | 1747 | 24.3 | 594 | 8.3 | 7188 |
| Insurance Type | |||||||||||
| Managed Care | 3034 | 21.4 | 2867 | 20.3 | 3055 | 21.6 | 3166 | 22.4 | 2028 | 14.3 | 14150 |
| Medicare | 1412 | 18.5 | 1421 | 18.6 | 1385 | 18.1 | 1393 | 18.2 | 2042 | 26.7 | 7653 |
| Medicaid | 595 | 21.8 | 662 | 24.3 | 496 | 18.2 | 399 | 14.6 | 573 | 21.0 | 2725 |
| Other Insurance | 647 | 16.9 | 684 | 17.9 | 702 | 18.4 | 749 | 19.6 | 1043 | 27.3 | 3825 |
| Not insured | 166 | 18.7 | 187 | 21.0 | 203 | 22.8 | 167 | 18.8 | 166 | 18.7 | 889 |
| Unknown | 115 | 19.1 | 148 | 24.6 | 127 | 21.1 | 95 | 15.8 | 117 | 19.4 | 602 |
| Marital Status | |||||||||||
| Not Married | 3205 | 21.8 | 3049 | 20.8 | 2926 | 19.9 | 2815 | 19.2 | 2693 | 18.3 | 14688 |
| Married | 2764 | 18.2 | 2920 | 19.3 | 3042 | 20.1 | 3154 | 20.8 | 3276 | 21.6 | 15156 |
| Charlson Comorbidity Score | |||||||||||
| CCS 0 | 2844 | 20.0 | 2800 | 19.7 | 2789 | 19.6 | 2925 | 20.6 | 2861 | 20.1 | 14219 |
| CCS 1 | 1324 | 19.5 | 1319 | 19.4 | 1380 | 20.3 | 1360 | 20.0 | 1424 | 20.9 | 6807 |
| CCS 2+ | 1296 | 19.3 | 1363 | 20.3 | 1407 | 20.9 | 1250 | 18.6 | 1410 | 21.0 | 6726 |
| CCS Unknown | 505 | 24.1 | 487 | 23.3 | 392 | 18.7 | 434 | 20.7 | 274 | 13.1 | 2092 |
| Stage | |||||||||||
| Stage 1 | 1476 | 20.4 | 1548 | 21.4 | 1500 | 20.7 | 1396 | 19.3 | 1318 | 18.2 | 7238 |
| Stage 2 | 536 | 21.5 | 502 | 20.1 | 475 | 19.0 | 477 | 19.1 | 506 | 20.3 | 2496 |
| Stage 3 | 2246 | 19.9 | 2177 | 19.3 | 2261 | 20.1 | 2312 | 20.5 | 2267 | 20.1 | 11263 |
| Stage 4 | 1711 | 19.3 | 1742 | 19.7 | 1732 | 19.6 | 1784 | 20.2 | 1878 | 21.2 | 8847 |
| NCCN Treatment Adherence | |||||||||||
| Adherent | 2501 | 21.9 | 2247 | 19.7 | 2228 | 19.5 | 2289 | 20.0 | 2154 | 18.9 | 11419 |
| Non-Adherent | 3468 | 18.8 | 3722 | 20.2 | 3740 | 20.3 | 3680 | 20.0 | 3815 | 20.7 | 18425 |
| Hospital Quality Measure | |||||||||||
| Low | 827 | 11.8 | 1042 | 14.9 | 1448 | 20.7 | 1477 | 21.1 | 2196 | 31.4 | 6990 |
| Intermediate | 3017 | 17.5 | 3712 | 21.5 | 3604 | 20.9 | 3687 | 21.3 | 3255 | 18.8 | 17275 |
| High | 2125 | 38.1 | 1215 | 21.8 | 916 | 16.4 | 805 | 14.4 | 518 | 9.3 | 5579 |
| Distance to Receive Care | |||||||||||
| <6 km | 1843 | 31.5 | 1100 | 18.8 | 860 | 14.7 | 1023 | 17.5 | 1023 | 17.5 | 5849 |
| 6–9 km | 1850 | 29.5 | 1240 | 19.8 | 1082 | 17.2 | 1052 | 16.8 | 1052 | 16.8 | 6276 |
| 10–16 km | 975 | 16.0 | 2003 | 32.8 | 1404 | 23.0 | 862 | 14.1 | 862 | 14.1 | 6106 |
| 17–32 km | 809 | 12.4 | 1109 | 16.9 | 1879 | 28.7 | 1375 | 21.0 | 1375 | 21.0 | 6547 |
| >32 km | 492 | 9.7 | 517 | 10.2 | 743 | 14.7 | 1657 | 32.7 | 1657 | 32.7 | 5066 |
*
Statistical significance of differences between groups were calculated using chi-square tests. P-values were <0.001 for all categories
CCS, Charlson Comorbidity Score; km, kilometers; NCCN, National Comprehensive Cancer Network; PI, Pacific Islander; SES, socioeconomic status