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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Sep 12.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Sep 23;109(5):1401–1407. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.08.027

TABLE 2.

Operative outcomes by risk aversion status

Short-Term Outcomes Risk Averse (n=37,574) Not Risk Averse (n=40,843) p-value
Operative mortality 962 (2.6%) 1076 (2.6%) 0.514
Operative mortality (O:E [95% CI]) 0.97 [0.91–1.03] 0.88 [0.83–0.94]*
Major morbidity 5367 (14.3%) 6274 (15.4%) <0.0001
Morbidity or mortality 5644 (15.0%) 6579 (16.2%) <0.0001
Morbidity or mortality (O:E [95% CI]) 1.01 [0.99–1.04] 0.97 [0.95–0.99]*
Postoperative length of stay (days) 5 [4–7] 5 [4–8] <0.0001
Discharge to a facility 5246 (14.6%) 6615 (17.2%) <0.0001
Readmission 3216 (8.9%) 3430 (8.7%) 0.281
Hospital Cost (mean ± SD) 39,664 ± 33,930 46,501 ± 37,795 <0.0001
*

statistically lower than expected

CI = confidence interval; O:E = observed to expected ratio; SD = standard deviation