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Table 3 Most frequently visited GP destinations at zone and rural level

From: Informing equitable access to care: a cross-sectional study of travel burden to primary and rheumatology care for people with rheumatoid arthritis

Patient Zone_Rural

Favourite Destinations (GP Providers Zone_rural)

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Metro-Calgary

Metro-Calgary

Moderate Metro-Calgary

Metro-Edmonton

Rural-Calgary

 n(%) RA patients

10,160 (91.2%)

390 (3.5%)

160 (1.4%)

114 (1.0%)

 Median Travel time

15

29

212

48

Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Edmonton

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Calgary

Rural-North

 n(%) RA patients

8698 (83.0%)

1266 (12.1%)

159 (1.5%)

92 (0.9%)

 Median Travel time

12

28

210

160

Moderate Metro-Calgary

Moderate Metro-Calgary

Metro-Calgary

Rural-Calgary

Rural Centre-Calgary

 n(%) RA patients

1075 (49.4%)

858 (39.4%)

145 (6.7%)

25 (1.1%)

 Median Travel time

7

33

29

54

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Edmonton

Rural-Central

Metro-Calgary

 n(%) RA patients

3123 (61.4%)

1579 (31.0%)

107 (2.1%)

96 (1.9%)

 Median Travel time

8

34

42

225

Moderate Urban-Central

Urban-Red Deer

Moderate Urban-Central

Rural-Central

Metro-Calgary

 n(%) RA patients

184 (39.0%)

159 (33.7%)

79 (16.7%)

20 (4.2%)

 Median Travel time

24

6

41

105

Moderate Urban-North

Urban-Grand Prairie

Moderate Urban-North

Rural-North

Metro-Edmonton

 n(%) RA patients

175 (70.9%)

35 (14.2%)

13 (5.3%)

11 (4.5%)

 Median Travel time

19

5

42

292

Moderate Urban-South

Urban-Medicine Hat

Urban-Lethbridge

Moderate Urban-South

Rural-South

 n(%) RA patients

135 (30.9%)

132 (30.2%)

117 (26.8%)

22 (5.0%)

 Median Travel time

19

23

5

30

Rural-Calgary

Rural-Calgary

Metro-Calgary

Moderate Metro-Calgary

Rural-Central

 n(%) RA patients

1078 (52.7%)

417 (20.4%)

276 (13.5%)

113 (5.5%)

 Median Travel time

5

48

29

22

Rural-Central

Rural-Central

Urban-Red Deer

Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Calgary

 n(%) RA patients

2569 (68.3%)

323 (8.6%)

184 (4.9%)

163 (4.3%)

 Median Travel time

5

45

87

95

Rural-North

Rural-North

Metro-Edmonton

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

Urban-Grand Prairie

 n(%) RA patients

2010 (65.9%)

397 (13.0%)

258 (8.5%)

122 (4.0%)

 Median Travel time

5

103

47

41

Rural-South

Rural-South

Urban-Lethbridge

Metro-Calgary

Urban-Medicine Hat

 n(%) RA patients

1003 (68.8%)

242 (16.6%)

65 (4.5%)

36 (2.5%)

 Median Travel time

5

42

150

65

Rural Centre-Calgary

Rural Centre-Calgary

Metro-Calgary

Moderate Metro-Calgary

Rural-Calgary

 n(%) RA patients

205 (56.6%)

102 (28.2%)

38 (10.5%)

11 (3.0%)

 Median Travel time

5

41

34

31

Rural Centre-Central

Rural Centre-Central

Rural-Central

Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Calgary

 n(%) RA patients

939 (56.7%)

213 (12.9%)

177 (10.7%)

20 (1.2%)

 Median Travel time

5

22

66

207

Rural Centre-North

RURAL CENTRE AREA - NORTH

Metro-Edmonton

Rural-North

 

 n(%) RA patients

149 (63.1%)

36 (15.3%)

34 (14.4%)

 

 Median Travel time

4

221

41

 

Rural Centre-South

Rural Centre-South

Metro-Calgary

Urban-Medicine Hat

 

 n(%) RA patients

294 (79.9%)

26 (7.1%)

21 (5.7%)

 

 Median Travel time

5

124.5

55

 

Rural Remote-North (North)

Rural Remote-North (North)

Rural-North

Metro-Edmonton

Urban-Fort McMurray

 n(%) RA patients

322 (56.3%)

59 (10.3%)

51 (8.9%)

45 (7.9%)

 Median Travel time

5

130

375

96

Rural Remote-North (West)

Rural Remote-North (West)

Metro-Edmonton

Rural-North

Urban-Grand Prairie

 n(%) RA patients

499 (66.6%)

76 (10.1%)

65 (8.7%)

43 (5.7%)

 Median Travel time

5

208

54

131

Urban-Fort McMurray

Urban-Fort McMurray

Metro-Edmonton

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Calgary

 n(%) RA patients

333 (69.2%)

65 (13.5%)

33 (6.9%)

17 (3.5%)

 Median Travel time

12

312

512

310

Urban-Grand Prairie

Urban-Grand Prairie

Rural-North

Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Calgary

 n(%) RA patients

556 (80.3%)

37 (5.3%)

21 (3.0%)

17 (2.5%)

 Median Travel time

7

41

295

473

Urban-Lethbridge

Urban-Lethbridge

Rural-South

Metro-Calgary

Moderate Urban-South

 n(%) RA patients

1094 (77.8%)

107 (7.6%)

70 (5.0%)

63 (4.5%)

 Median Travel time

8

41

145

22

Urban-Medicine Hat

Urban-Medicine Hat

Metro-Calgary

Moderate Urban-South

Urban-Lethbridge

 n(%) RA patients

1010 (88.4%)

47 (4.1%)

22 (1.9%)

15 (1.3%)

 Median Travel time

8

200

17

124

Urban-Red Deer

Urban-Red Deer

Rural-Central

Moderate Urban-Central

Metro-Edmonton

 n(%) RA patients

863 (77.7%)

97 (8.7%)

46 (4.1%)

38 (3.4%)

 Median Travel time

9

38

32

104