Table 4.

Hospitalizations in the first year following colorectal cancer diagnosis in 2000–2001; Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)–Medicare and Veneto–Tuscany Cancer Registry (VTCR)

	All cases (stages I–IV)				Stage I				Stage II				Stage III				Stage IV
	SEER–Medicare (n = 18 438)		VTCR (n = 1396)		SEER–Medicare (n = 5430)		VTCR (n = 213)		SEER–Medicare (n = 5905)		VTCR (n = 463)		SEER–Medicare (n = 4565)		VTCR (n = 412)		SEER–Medicare (n = 2538)		VTCR (n = 308)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Number of hospital admissions
0	1230	7	61	4	726	13	11	5	195	3	21	4	135	3	15	4	174	7	14	5
1	8736	47	679	49	2770	51	121	57	2975	51	250	54	2020	44	199	48	971	38	109	35
2	4678	25	365	26	1053	20	53	25	1537	26	114	25	1321	29	106	26	767	30	92	30
3+	3794	21	291	21	881	16	28	13	1198	20	78	17	1089	24	92	22	626	25	93	30
Number of hospital days
0	1230	7	61	4	726	14	11	5	195	3	21	4	135	3	15	4	174	7	14	5
1 week (1–7 days)	4671	25	23	2	1809	33	6	3	1474	25	4	1	967	21	7	2	421	17	6	2
2 weeks (8–14 days)	5838	32	336	24	1538	28	62	29	1969	33	119	26	1514	33	95	23	817	32	60	19
3 weeks (15–21days)	2898	16	235	17	558	10	43	20	997	17	83	18	829	18	65	16	514	20	44	14
4+ weeks (22+ days)	3801	21	741	53	799	15	91	43	1270	22	236	51	1120	25	230	56	612	24	184	60
Total number of hospital days	282 489		41 669		66 474		5620		95 121		13 200		78 692		12 354		42 202		10 495
Mean number of days in hospital	15		30		12		26		16		29		17		30		17		34