Table 1.
Hospital volume | ||||
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High | Medium | Low | Very low | |
No. hospitals | 3 | 6 | 14 | 177 |
Total no. patients | 1987 | 2161 | 2134 | 2157 |
Range of surgeries per hospital | 562–736 | 283–475 | 99–212 | 1–88 |
Range of surgeries per hospital per year | 94–123 | 47–79 | 16–36 | <15 |
Cancer stage | ||||
Localized | 1126 (56.7%) | 1220 (56.5%) | 1139 (53.4%) | 1090 (50.5%) |
Regional | 694 (34.9%) | 805 (37.3%) | 800 (37.5%) | 790 (36.6%) |
Distant | 114 (5.7%) | 114 (5.3%) | 158 (7.4%) | 211 (9.8%) |
Unknown | 53 (2.7%) | 22 (1.0%) | 37 (1.7%) | 66 (3.1%) |