Table 1.
Patient and hospital characteristics for total pancreatectomy including univariate analyses, Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) 1998–2006
| Weighted number (%) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|
| Total (n= 813) | 4013 (100) | |
| Age (years) | <0.0001 | |
| Mean [SEM] | 58.4 [0.77] | |
| <50 | 1080 (26.9) | |
| 50–69 | 1863 (46.4) | |
| >70 | 1070 (26.7) | |
| Sex | 0.14 | |
| Male | 2124 (52.9) | |
| Female | 1889 (47.1) | |
| Race | <0.0001 | |
| White | 2360 (58.8) | |
| Non-White | 726 (18.1) | |
| Other | 927 (23.1) | |
| Insurance status | <0.0001 | |
| Medicare | 1612 (40.2) | |
| Private/HMO | 1817 (45.3) | |
| Medicaid/self-pay | 419 (10.4) | |
| No charge/other | 165 (4.1) | |
| Teaching status | <0.0001 | |
| Teaching | 3088 (77.1) | |
| Non-teaching | 925 (22.9) | |
| Hospital volume | <0.0001 | |
| <five resections/year | 3467 (86.4) | |
| ≥five resections/year | 546 (13.6) | |
| Year | <0.01 | |
| 98–00 | 1240 (30.9) | |
| 01–03 | 1378 (34.4) | |
| 04–06 | 1395 (34.7) | |
| Charlson score | <0.0001 | |
| 0 | 894 (22.3) | |
| 1 | 498 (12.4) | |
| 2 | 804 (20.0) | |
| ≥ 3 | 1817 (45.3) | |
| Indication | <0.0001 | |
| Neoplastic disease | 2719 (67.8) | |
| Pancreatitis | 770 (19.1) | |
| Cyst/benign | 99 (2.5) | |
| Other/unspecified | 425 (10.6) |
SEM, standard error of mean.