Table 3.
Average rates of complications and chi-squared test for variation across network subgroups within cities, 2004–2005
| City 1 | City 2 | City 3 | City 4 | City 5 | ||||||
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| P-value | P-value | P-value | P-value | P-value | ||||||
| 30-day surgical Complications | 18.8 % | 25.3 % | 18.9 % | 21.9 % | 26.9 % | |||||
| Range* | 8.8–31.7 | 0.049 | 11.1–37.7 | 0.307 | 5.0–26.9 | 0.005 | 12.0–32.7 | 0.489 | 14.3–45.5 | 0.047 |
| Late urinary Complications | 34.4 | 51.6 | 37.8 | 31.7 | 45.7 | |||||
| Range* | 25.0–57.1 | 0.242 | 31.3–91.2 | <0.001 | 10.0–82.5 | <0.001 | 15.8–48.8 | 0.031 | 17.1–71.4 | <0.001 |
| Long-term incontinence | 5.4 | 10.1 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 7.1 | |||||
| Range* | 0.0–19.5 | 0.023 | 0.0–36.8 | <0.001 | 3.3–10.0 | 0.803 | 0.0–12.2 | 0.413 | 0.0–14.3 | 0.609 |
*
Indicates range across subgroups, P<0.01 is considered significant after correcting for 5 different cities.