Table 1.
Characteristics of hospitals with low, medium, and high utilization of minimally invasive surgery by procedure of interest. Values are percentages
| Characteristics | Appendectomy (596 hospitals) | Colectomy (541 hospitals) | Hysterectomy (499 hospitals) | Lung lobectomy (208 hospitals) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Medium | High | Low | Medium | High | Low | Medium | High | Low | Medium | High | ||||
| Hospital location: | |||||||||||||||
| Urban | 61.1 | 75.9 | 79.9 | 67.2 | 82.3 | 80.6 | 52.6 | 85.4 | 38.7 | 89.9 | 92.9 | 94.2 | |||
| Hospital size: | |||||||||||||||
| Small | 28.8 | 22.1 | 23.1 | 31.1 | 19.3 | 16.7 | 26.3 | 17.1 | 16.3 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 5.8 | |||
| Medium | 34.9 | 31.2 | 29.2 | 23.3 | 32.1 | 35.0 | 36.6 | 31.7 | 26.5 | 23.2 | 12.9 | 29.0 | |||
| Large | 36.3 | 46.7 | 47.7 | 45.6 | 48.6 | 48.3 | 37.1 | 51.2 | 57.2 | 63.8 | 77.1 | 65.2 | |||
| Teaching status: | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching | 26.8 | 27.6 | 24.6 | 21.1 | 40.9 | 23.9 | 11.4 | 37.3 | 39.2 | 47.8 | 54.3 | 44.9 | |||
| Hospital region: | |||||||||||||||
| North east | 25.8 | 20.1 | 10.6 | 26.1 | 20.4 | 15.0 | 17.7 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 21.8 | 14.3 | 26.1 | |||
| Midwest | 23.2 | 21.6 | 20.1 | 25.0 | 19.9 | 21.7 | 26.3 | 19.6 | 21.1 | 30.4 | 21.4 | 8.7 | |||
| South | 28.3 | 37.2 | 45.2 | 26.1 | 38.7 | 41.6 | 36.6 | 43.0 | 34.9 | 30.4 | 41.4 | 44.9 | |||
| West | 22.7 | 21.1 | 24.1 | 22.8 | 21.0 | 21.7 | 19.4 | 18.4 | 23.5 | 17.4 | 22.9 | 20.3 | |||
| Hospital type: | |||||||||||||||
| Private, for profit | 12.6 | 11.5 | 24.1 | 17.8 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 17.1 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 10.2 | 12.9 | 15.9 | |||
| Private, not for profit | 70.7 | 72.4 | 63.3 | 67.2 | 70.7 | 72.8 | 62.3 | 70.9 | 72.3 | 79.7 | 71.4 | 73.9 | |||
| Government | 16.7 | 16.1 | 12.6 | 15.0 | 13.3 | 11.1 | 20.6 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 10.1 | 15.7 | 10.2 | |||