Table 2.
Trauma centers and non-trauma centers procedural volume characteristics.
| Trauma centers |
Non-trauma centers |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitals, n | 116 | 1295 | |
| TSCI1patients, n (%) | 2378 (57.9) | 1743 (42.1) | |
| Average TSCI cases per hospital in 2000–2001, n | 20.7 | 1.3 | <0.001 |
| Hospital TSCI admission volume, n (%) hospitals | <0.001 | ||
| 0–9 patients | 32 (27.6) | 1262 (97.5) | |
| 10–19 patients | 33 (28.4) | 24 (1.9) | |
| 20–29 patients | 17 (14.7) | 6 (0.4) | |
| ≥ 30 patients | 24 (20.7) | 3 (0.2) | |
| Average TSCI surgeries per hospital in 2000 – 2001, n | 9.6 | 0.3 | <0.001 |
| Hospital TSCI surgical volume, n (%) hospitals | <0.001 | ||
| 0–4 cases | 48 (41.4) | 1269 (98) | |
| 5–9 cases | 26 (22.4) | 21 (1.6) | |
| 10–14 cases | 18 (15.5) | 3 (0.2) | |
| ≥ 15 cases | 24 (20.7) | 2 (0.2) | |
| Patient TSCI operation, n (%) patients | <0.001 | ||
| None | 1292 (54) | 1317 (76.0) | |
| Fusion | 990 (41.3) | 340 (19.5) | |
| Decompression | 83 (3.5) | 69 (4.0) | |
| Repari | 34 (1.4) | 17 (1.0) | |
| Intensive care, n (%)2 | 1412 (67.1) | 583 (35.7) | <0.001 |
| Blood transfusion, n (%) | 77 (3.2) | 32 (1.8) | <0.001 |
| Mechanical ventilation, n (%) | 679 (28.6) | 220 (12.6) | <0.001 |
| Surgical management, n (%) | 1098 (46.2) | 426 (24.4) | <0.001 |
1
TSCI, traumatic spinal cord injury
2
403 cases with no information regarding intensive care unit admission.