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 |
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Number of subjects (proportion) |
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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) |
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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 |