Table 1.

Characteristics of uncomplicated appendectomy patients before and after implementation of care pathways.

Variable	Prior to Pathways (n = 16)	After Pathways (n = 46)	p-Value
Age
≤10 years	6 (37.5%)	25 (54.3%)	0.25
11–14 years	7 (43.7%)	14 (30.4%)	0.36
≥15 years	3 (18.7%)	6 (13.0%)	0.60
Gender
Male	11 (68.7%)	30 (65.2%)	0.80
Female	5 (31.2%)	16 (34.7%)
Primary Language
English	14 (87.5%)	43 (93.4%)	0.45
Other	2 (12.5%)	3 (6.5%)
Previously Healthy
Yes	15 (93.7%)	37 (80.4%)	0.21
No	1 (6.3%)	9 (19.5%)