Table 2 Multivariate predictors of patient complaints.

Characteristic*	Odds ratio (95% CI)
Manor complication status
One or more complications	1.74 (1.01 to 2.98)
Patient age	0.99 (0.98 to 1.00)
Length of stay	1.01 (1.00 to 1.02)
Patient race
Non‐white	0.52 (0.26 to 1.04)
Co‐morbid conditions
One or more co‐morbid conditions	1.03 (0.70 to 1.52)
Surgical specialty
Surgical subspecialty†	1.05 (0.60 to 1.81)

*Referent categories for characteristics are no complication for “Major complication status”; white for “Patient race”; no co‐morbid conditions for “Co‐morbid conditions”; and general surgeon for “Surgical subspecialty”.

†Surgical subspecialties include otolaryngologists, urologists, neurosurgeons, cardiothoracic, orthopedic, vascular, trauma, and plastic surgeons.