Table 4 Travel times and distances for the baseline case and centralisation
All patients | Optimising all 9 community hospitals | Centralisation (4 stroke centres) | Centralisation (2 stroke centres) |
|---|---|---|---|
Estimated travel time | |||
N | 446 | 446 | 446 |
Median (95% CI) | 12 (2–30) | 16 (10–22)† | 21 (15–26)† |
< 5 min (%) | 86 (19) | 47 (10) | 32 (7) |
5–25 min (%) | 337 (76) | 333 (75) | 278 (62) |
> 25 min (%) | 23 (5) | 66 (15) | 136 (31) |
Estimated travel distance | |||
Median (95% CI) | 12 (1–31) | 20 (1–43)† | 26 (1–55)† |
< 5 km (%) | 140 (31) | 91 (20) | 69 (16) |
5–25 km (%) | 262 (59) | 221 (50) | 139 (31) |
> 25 km (%) | 44 (10) | 134 (30) | 238 (53) |