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 |