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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 11.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Surg. 2014 Feb;149(2):119–123. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.3649

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics by Hospital Volume

Lowest volume
hospitals
Highest volume
hospitals
CABG (n=37,881) (n=37,510)
 Median age 73.9 73.9
 Gender (% male) 68.6% 68.1%
 Black race 6.6% 6.4%
 3+ comorbidities 24.9% 23.9%
AVR (n=11,820) (n=11,533)
 Median age 76.0 76.7
 Gender (%male) 58.1% 58.4%
 Black race a 4.5% 2.7%
 3+ comorbidities 21.5% 18.0%
AAA (n=10,541) (n=10,149)
 Median age 75.2 75.8
 Gender (%male) 72.1% 75.9%
 Black race a 5.9% 3.7%
 3+ comorbidities 27.6% 26.3%
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