Table 2.
Outcomes after thoracic surgery by race ethnicity (N = 2730).
| Patient characteristic | Total N = 2730 (100 %) |
Asian N = 410 (15.0 %) |
Black N = 261 (9.6 %) |
Hispanic N = 324 (11.9 %) |
Other N = 113 (4.1 %) |
Non-Hispanic White N = 1622 (59.4 %) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Day readmission to hospital | |||||||
| Yes | 315 (11.6 %) | 49 (12.0 %) | 23 (8.8 %) | 37 (11.4 %) | 12 (10.6 %) | 195 (12.0 %) | 0.66⁎ |
| No | 2414 (88.4 %) | 361 (88.0 %) | 238 (91.2 %) | 287 (88.6 %) | 101 (89.4 %) | 1427 (88.0 %) | |
| 30-Day return to ED | |||||||
| Yes | 476 (17.4 %) | 55 (13.4 %) | 50 (19.2 %) | 69 (21.3 %) | 9 (8.0 %) | 293 (18.1 %) | <0.01⁎ |
| No | 2254 (82.6 %) | 355 (86.6 %) | 211 (80.8 %) | 255 (78.7 %) | 104 (92.0 %) | 1329 (81.9 %) | |
| ICU transfer | |||||||
| Yes | 146 (5.4 %) | 25 (6.1 %) | 20 (7.7 %) | 13 (4.0 %) | 8 (7.1 %) | 80 (4.9 %) | 0.23⁎ |
| No | 2584 (94.7 %) | 385 (93.9 %) | 241 (92.3 %) | 311 (96.0 %) | 105 (92.9 %) | 1542 (95.1 %) | |
| 30-Day mortality | |||||||
| Yes | 39 (1.4 %) | 5 (1.2 %) | 4 (1.5 %) | 6 (1.9 %) | 1 (0.9 %) | 23 (1.4 %) | 0.99? |
| No | 2691 (98.6 %) | 405 (98.8 %) | 257 (98.5 %) | 318 (98.2 %) | 112 (99.1 %) | 1599 (98.6 %) | |
| 90-Day mortality | |||||||
| Yes | 90 (3.3 %) | 12 (2.9 %) | 10 (3.8 %) | 15 (4.6 %) | 1 (0.9 %) | 52 (3.2 %) | 0.36⁎ |
| No | 2640 (96.7 %) | 398 (97.1 %) | 251 (96.2 %) | 309 (95.4 %) | 112 (99.1 %) | 1570 (96.8 %) | |
| Number of Outpatient Appointments within 30 days, Median (Q1-Q3) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) | 0.63|| |
| Number of Surgical Outpatient Appointments within 30 days, Median (Q1-Q3) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0.32|| |
| Number of Nonsurgical Outpatient Appointments within 30 days, Median (Q1-Q3) | 1 (0–3) | 1 (0–3) | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–3) | 1 (0–3) | 1 (0–2) | 0.51|| |
| Number of Outpatient Appointments within 90 days, Median (Q1-Q3) | 4 (2–8) | 4 (1–8) | 4 (2–8) | 4 (2–9) | 4 (1–8) | 4 (2–8) | 0.70|| |
| Number of Surgical Outpatient Appointments within 90 days, Median (Q1-Q3) | 1 (0–1) | 1 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 1 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 1 (0–1) | 0.12|| |
| Number of Nonsurgical Outpatient Appointments within 90 days, Median (Q1-Q3) | 3 (1–7) | 3 (1–7) | 3 (1–7) | 3 (1–7.5) | 3 (1–7) | 3 (1–7) | 0.56|| |
| Length of Stay, Median (Q1-Q3) | 48.0 (29.6–78.8) | 51.3 (30.7–81.9) | 53.7 (30.6–101.6) | 46.8 (29.9–78.1) | 36.5 (29.3–75.4) | 37.3 (29.2–76.1) | <0.01|| |
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p-value calculated using chi-square test.
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p-value calculated using Fisher's exact test.
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p-value calculated using Kruskal-Wallis test.