Table 2.
Surgery, Surgeon, and lospital Charact eristics Stratified by Admission Type¥
| Entire Population n (column %) |
Elective Admission n (column %) |
Emergency Admission n (column %) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of patients | 5475 | 4517 (84.40) | 835 (15.60) |
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| Hospital Volume | * | ||
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| Low (1-12 cases; n=499) | 1679 (30.67) | 1265 (28.01) | 364 (43.59) |
| Intermediate (13-28 cases; n=69) | 1254 (22.90) | 1065 (23.58) | 171 (20.48) |
| High (>28 cases; n=40) | 1867 (34.10) | 1626 (36.00) | 233 (26.71) |
| Non SEER area (n=137) | 675 (12.33) | 561 (12.42) | 77 (9.22) |
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| Surgeon Specialty | * | ||
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| Gynecological Oncologist (n=309) | 2824 (51.58) | 2496 (55.26) | 287 (34.37) |
| Gynecologist (n= 628) | 1223 (22.34) | 1010 (22.36) | 183 (21.92) |
| Surgeon (n=432) | 681 (12.44) | 465 (10.29) | 171 (20.48) |
| Other/Unknown | 747 (13.64) | 546 (12.09) | 194 (23.23) |
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| Provider Volume | * | ||
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| Low (1-4 cases; n=1233) | 1640 (29.95) | 1263 (27.96) | 308 (36.89) |
| Intermediate (5-25 cases; n=167) | 1797 (32.82) | 1570 (34.76) | 198 (23.17) |
| High (>25 cases; n=39) | 1408 (25.72) | 1232 (27.27) | 156 (18.68) |
| Missing | 630 (11.51) | 452 (10.01) | 173 (20.72) |
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| Upper Abdominal Procedure | p=0.096 | ||
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| Yes | 217 (3.96) | 191 (4.23) | 25 (2.99) |
| No | 5258 (96.04) | 4326 (95.77) | 810 (97.01) |
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| Large Bowel Resection | * | ||
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| Yes | 1072 (19.58) | 853 (18.88) | 200 (23.95) |
| No | 4403 (80.42) | 3664 (81.12) | 635 (76.05) |
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| Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy | * | ||
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| No | 4826 (88.15) | 3912 (86.61) | 810 (97.01) |
| Yes | 649 (11.85) | 605 (13.39) | 25 (2.99) |
¥
Admission type was available for 5352/5475 (97.75%), not all totals add up to 100% because of rounding and missing data. Women for whom admission type was unknown are not included in the elective or emergency admission columns.
*
indicates p<0.01 comparing elective admissions to emergent admissions