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Table 4 Most frequently visited rheumatologists 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 (Rheumatologist Zone_rural)

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Metro-Calgary

Metro-Calgary

Metro-Edmonton

Rural Centre-Calgary

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

 n(%) RA patients

5034 (98.9%)

44 (0.9%)

5 (0.1%)

4 (0.1%)

 Median Travel time

27

207

9

228

Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Edmonton

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Calgary

Urban-Grand Prairie

 n(%) RA patients

3023 (92.9%)

199 (6.1%)

28 (0.9%)

2 (0.1%)

 Median Travel time

21

30

207

304

Moderate Metro-Calgary

Metro-Calgary

Metro-Edmonton

Urban-Lethbridge

Urban-Red Deer

 n(%) RA patients

820 (97.9%)

12 (1.4%)

2 (0.2%)

2 (0.2%)

 Median Travel time

38

180

161

67

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Edmonton

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Calgary

Urban-Lethbridge

 n(%) RA patients

1223 (78.0%)

330 (21.1%)

13 (0.8%)

1 (0.1%)

 Median Travel time

37

15

220

373

Moderate Urban-Central

Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Calgary

Urban-Red Deer

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

 n(%) RA patients

84 (53.8%)

50 (32.1%)

19 (12.2%)

3 (1.9%)

 Median Travel time

105

110

34

108

Moderate Urban-North

Urban-Grand Prairie

Metro-Edmonton

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Calgary

 n(%) RA patients

41 (50.6%)

36 (44.4%)

3 (3.7%)

1 (1.2%)

 Median Travel time

20

309

288

NA

Moderate Urban-South

Metro-Calgary

Urban-Lethbridge

Metro-Edmonton

 

 n(%) RA patients

88 (71.5%)

34 (27.6%)

1 (0.8%)

 

 Median Travel time

154

23

330

 

Rural-Calgary

Metro-Calgary

Rural-Calgary

Urban-Lethbridge

Metro-Edmonton

 n(%) RA patients

553 (93.1%)

18 (3.0%)

16 (2.7%)

4 (0.7%)

 Median Travel time

49

20

59

241

Rural-Central

Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Calgary

Urban-Red Deer

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

 n(%) RA patients

536 (54.3%)

355 (35.9%)

50 (5.1%)

44 (4.5%)

 Median Travel time

97

92

58

107

Rural-North

Metro-Edmonton

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

Urban-Grand Prairie

Rural-North

 n(%) RA patients

572 (71.5%)

114 (14.3%)

63 (7.9%)

36 (4.5%)

 Median Travel time

139

103

97

5

Rural-South

Metro-Calgary

Urban-Lethbridge

Rural-South

Metro-Edmonton

 n(%) RA patients

285 (66.4%)

100 (23.3%)

38 (8.9%)

4 (0.9%)

 Median Travel time

161

39

24

367

Rural Centre-Calgary

Metro-Calgary

Rural Centre-Calgary

Metro-Edmonton

 

 n(%) RA patients

89 (74.8%)

29 (24.4%)

1 (0.8%)

 

 Median Travel time

56

5

275

 

Rural Centre-Central

Metro-Edmonton

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

Rural Centre-Central

Metro-Calgary

 n(%) RA patients

379 (92.7%)

10 (2.4%)

10 (2.4%)

8 (2.0%)

 Median Travel time

64

80

5

159

Rural Centre-North

Metro-Edmonton

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

  

 n(%) RA patients

58 (95.1%)

3 (4.9%)

  

 Median Travel time

221

215

  

Rural Centre-South

Metro-Calgary

Urban-Lethbridge

Metro-Edmonton

 

 n(%) RA patients

93 (93.0%)

4 (4.0%)

3 (3.0%)

 

 Median Travel time

133

108

273

 

Rural Remote-North (North)

Metro-Edmonton

Urban-Grand Prairie

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Calgary

 n(%) RA patients

80 (66.7%)

31 (25.8%)

5 (4.2%)

2 (1.7%)

 Median Travel time

516

137

297

655

Rural Remote-North (West)

Metro-Edmonton

Rural-North

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

Urban-Grand Prairie

 n(%) RA patients

156 (68.4%)

26 (11.4%)

25 (11.0%)

17 (7.5%)

 Median Travel time

230

61

193

119

Urban-Fort McMurray

Metro-Edmonton

Urban-Fort McMurray

Metro-Calgary

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

 n(%) RA patients

125 (66.1%)

52 (27.5%)

7 (3.7%)

5 (2.6%)

 Median Travel time

315

15

512

315

Urban-Grand Prairie

Urban-Grand Prairie

Metro-Edmonton

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Calgary

 n(%) RA patients

93 (47.4%)

91 (46.4%)

7 (3.6%)

4 (2.0%)

 Median Travel time

7

304

285

475

Urban-Lethbridge

Metro-Calgary

Urban-Lethbridge

Rural-South

Metro-Edmonton

 n(%) RA patients

288 (57.8%)

202 (40.6%)

5 (1.0%)

3 (0.6%)

 Median Travel time

143

10

42

368

Urban-Medicine Hat

Metro-Calgary

Urban-Lethbridge

Metro-Edmonton

 

 n(%) RA patients

218 (85.2%)

34 (13.3%)

4 (1.6%)

 

 Median Travel time

198

124

348

 

Urban-Red Deer

Metro-Edmonton

Metro-Calgary

Urban-Red Deer

Moderate Metro-Edmonton

 n(%) RA patients

176 (46.7%)

129 (34.2%)

62 (16.4%)

10 (2.7%)

 Median Travel time

103

104

10

128