Characteristics of Study Sites

Rural Site 1

Rural Site 2

Number of inpatient beds

270

154

Number of outpatient chemotherapy chairs

9

6

Number of FTE clinical dietitians

4.2

2.7

Location of oncology

External to dietetics

Co-located with dietetics

Access to ARIA

No

Yes

Characteristics of dietetic service provision

Oncology patients seen by a dietitian

Number of subjects (proportion)

Total

26

62

Excluded

2 (8%)

13 (21%)

Included in Study

24 (92%)

49 (79%)

Occasions of Service (OOS), per patient

Number of subjects (proportion)

1 OOS

11 (46%)

9 (18%)

2 OOS

8 (33%)

7 (14%)

3 OOS

1 (4%)

10 (20%)

4 OOS

0

3 (6%)

5 + OOS

4 (17%)

16 (33%)

Not Recorded

0

4 (8%)

Mean (±SD)

2.4 (±2.3)

4.5 (±4.5)

Combined duration of dietetic interventions (minutes)

Total

2265

9210

Mean, per patient

87 (±130.5)

149 (±128)

Mean, per week

44

177

Mean FTE hours, per week

0.02

0.08