Research Article
Contact Frequency, Travel Time, and Travel Costs for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Table 3
Mode of travel and mean (return) travel time to different health care providers as reported by patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
| Mode of travel | Walking, biking | Bus, train, metro | Hospital transport | Taxi | Private car | Ambulance | All |
| Rheumatology outpatient clinic | | | | | | | | Number of patients | 198 | 324 | 131 | 68 | 1796 | 18 | 2416 | % of sample | 7.0% | 11.4% | 4.6% | 2.4% | 63.1% | 0.6% | 84.9% | Mean travel time (min.) | 33 | 81 | 101 | 69 | 69 | 110 | 73 | Other outpatient clinics | | | | | | | | Number of patients | 40 | 53 | 32 | 12 | 366 | 4 | 489 | % of sample | 1.4% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 12.9% | 0.1% | 17.2% | Mean travel time (min.) | 34 | 70 | 120 | 43 | 59 | 78 | 64 | General practitioner | | | | | | | | Number of patients | 308 | 89 | 15 | 34 | 824 | 3 | 1247 | % of sample | 10.8% | 3.1% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 28.9% | 0.1% | 43.8% | Mean travel time (min.) | 20 | 40 | 41 | 26 | 24 | 33 | 25 | Private medical specialist | | | | | | | | Number of patients | 32 | 35 | 11 | 12 | 233 | 3 | 320 | % of sample | 1.1% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 8.2% | 0.1% | 11.2% | Mean travel time (min.) | 25 | 64 | 101 | 51 | 59 | 123 | 59 | Hospital admission | | | | | | | | Number of patients | 4 | 9 | 23 | 16 | 127 | 25 | 192 | % of sample | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 4.5% | 0.9% | 6.7% | Mean travel time (min.) | 16 | 102 | 89 | 50 | 67 | 33 | 69 | Emergency department | | | | | | | | Number of patients | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 86 | 2 | 109 | % of sample | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 3.0% | 0.1% | 3.8% | Mean travel time (min.) | 16 | 55 | 31 | 29 | 43 | 25 | 41 |
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