Table II.
Hospital Characteristics by Hospital Adherence Category
| Hospital Adherence Rate Category |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartile 1 n = 144 |
Quartile 2 n = 146 |
Quartile 3 n = 142 |
Quartile 4 n = 144 |
P value1 | |
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| Hospital Adherence Rate, Median (Range) | 11% (0 – 16%) | 21% (16 – 35%) | 30% (25 – 35%) | 43% (35 – 76%) | |
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| Facility Type | <0.001 | ||||
| Community Cancer Program | 10 (6.9) | 4 (2.7) | 3 (2.1) | 2 (1.4) | |
| Comprehensive Community Cancer Program | 77 (53.5) | 54 (37.0) | 37 (26.1) | 33 (22.9) | |
| Academic/Research Program | 14 (9.7) | 26 (17.8) | 38 (26.8) | 47 (32.6) | |
| Integrated Network Cancer Program | 13 (9.0) | 15 (10.3) | 19 (13.4) | 13 (9.0) | |
| Hospital Region | 0.021 | ||||
| Northeast | 29 (20.1) | 19 (13.0) | 32 (22.5) | 39 (27.1) | |
| Midwest or North Central | 26 (18.1) | 24 (16.4) | 26 (18.3) | 16 (11.1) | |
| South | 46 (31.9) | 37 (25.3) | 31 (21.8) | 23 (16.0) | |
| West | 13 (9.0) | 19 (13.0) | 8 (5.6) | 17 (11.8) | |
| Hospital Volume Quartile2 | <0.001 | ||||
| Q1: 25 – 32 | 53 (36.8) | 49 (33.6) | 32 (22.5) | 16 (11.1) | |
| Q2: 33 – 46 | 48 (33.3) | 38 (26.0) | 37 (26.1) | 22 (15.3) | |
| Q3: 47 – 75 | 35 (24.3) | 42 (28.8) | 34 (23.9) | 27 (18.8) | |
| Q4: 76 – 789 | 8 (5.6) | 17 (11.6) | 39 (27.5) | 79 (54.9) | |
1
P value based on F test using ANOVA model.
2
Hospital volume quartile based on the number of gastric cancer patients at each facility over the entire study period