An Examination of Geographic Proximity to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation in Rural Versus Urban Tennessee Counties
Our findings indicate that overall mean travel distance was around half an hour, but lack of OCR facilities in rural Tennessee counties did not correspond with significantly greater travel distance/time to OCR in rural versus urban counties. Additional efforts are warranted to help patients post-MI with actual or perceived high travel burden navigate personal and structural factors precluding OCR receipt.
Authors
- Phoebe Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1735-6903)
- Robert Eric Heidel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1518-8072)
- Raj Baljepally (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4396-5203)
- Benjamin Fogelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1276-2291)
- Andrew B. Sorey
Institutions
- International Medical Corps (US)
- University of Tennessee Medical Center (US)
- Knoxville College (US)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
- Published
- 2025-07-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jcn.0000000000001236
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00