Table 3:

Rurality-stratified neighbourhood-level travel burden to 5 nearest family physicians for the general population, and to French-speaking family physicians for French-only speakers

Measure	Rurality	General population, median (IQR)	French-only speakers median (IQR)	p value^*	Difference,^† median (IQR)
Driving time, min	Urban	2.01 (1.69–2.26)	2.57 (1.89–2.99)	< 0.001	0.37 (0.15–0.80)
	Suburban	2.66 (2.13–3.17)	3.60 (2.75–4.33)	< 0.001	0.66 (0.27–1.16)
	Rural	10.13 (8.35–11.98)	12.17 (9.51–15.42)	< 0.001	2.25 (1.21–3.59)
Walking distance, km	Urban	1.02 (0.78–1.28)	1.42 (0.93–1.74)	< 0.001	0.27 (0.09–0.55)
	Suburban	1.60 (1.12–2.14)	2.26 (1.62–2.95)	< 0.001	0.38 (0.13–0.90)
	Rural	10.50 (7.33–12.26)	12.80 (8.94–15.65)	< 0.001	1.93 (0.95–2.78)

Note: IQR = interquartile range.
↵* From Wilcoxon signed-rank test, with null hypothesis that the difference in paired observations is centred around 0.
↵† A positive value indicates a larger travel burden for French-concordant care.