Table 4: Proportion of VHA patients referred to radiation oncology by geographic
region.
|
|
Prophylactic
Stabilization |
|
Pathologic
Fixation |
||||||
|
|
Referred |
Not referred |
Total |
Proportion referred |
|
Referred |
Not referred |
Total |
Proportion referred |
|
Midwest |
115 |
21 |
136 |
0.85 |
|
101 |
27 |
128 |
0.79 |
|
Northeast |
47 |
7 |
54 |
0.87 |
|
74 |
7 |
81 |
0.91 |
|
South |
89 |
21 |
110 |
0.81 |
|
166 |
90 |
256 |
0.65 |
|
West |
39 |
22 |
61 |
0.64 |
|
61 |
31 |
92 |
0.66 |