Table 2: Factors influencing patient and provider delay: Delay intervals for both patient and provider delay were stratified an analyzed for race, insurance status, and presence of navigation. Mean, standard deviation, median, and mode number of days were calculated for each interval in each strata. There was no significant different in the patient delay interval for race and insurance status; However, the absence of patient navigation was associated with a statistically significant increase in the patient delay interval. African Americans, the uninsured, and those utilizing a system without patient navigation were all associated with a significantly increased provider delay interval.

Time period Variable Mean Median Mode STDev P-Value
Patient delay
Race:
African American 153 85 61 186
White 164 94 31 194 0.7
Insurance status:
Uninsured 161 92 61 166
Insured 160 80 26 221 0.9
Patient navigation:
With navigation 189 96 61 209
Without navigation 129 73 31 164 0.03
Provider delay
Race:
African American 37 28 28 28
White 23 16 14 22 0.0003
Insurance status:
Uninsured 33 27 14 26
Insured 21 15 7 21 0.03
Patient navigation:
With navigation 36 28 14 27
Without navigation 19 15 14 19 0.0001