Table 4.
Providers’ reported barriers to using telehealth with older adults with cancer
| Variable | Urban n (%) |
Suburban/rural n (%) |
Chi-square p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient access (e.g., no smart phone or internet access) | 131 (91.0) | 117 (92.1) | 0.734 |
| Patient not tech savvy | 129 (89.6) | 117 (92.1) | 0.470 |
| Patient perception issues | 58 (40.3) | 63 (49.6) | 0.123 |
| Program/institution infrastructure | 43 (29.9) | 37 (29.1) | 0.896 |
| Healthcare worker technology challenges | 35 (24.3) | 40 (31.5) | 0.187 |
| Healthcare worker home-work issues | 23 (16.0) | 23 (18.1) | 0.640 |
| Healthcare worker preference/policy | 19 (13.2) | 12 (9.4) | 0.334 |
| Uncertainty of reimbursement | 17 (11.8) | 16 (12.6) | 0.842 |
| Other barriers | 9 (6.3) | 9 (7.1) | 0.811 |
| No barriers | 4 (2.8) | 0 (0) | 0.058 |