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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 16.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Oct;122(4):778–786. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182a4ee4d

Table 1. Baseline Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Robotic or Laparoscopic Hysterectomy, United States 2009-2010, Unmatched-Weighted Data.

Characteristic Robotic Hysterectomy, n=41,241 Laparoscopic Hysterectomy, n =165,381 P
Year, n (%) 0.002
 2009 17,587 (42.6) 86,253 (52.2)
 2010 23,654 (57.4) 79,128 (47.8)
Age, years, mean (SD) 47.3 (23.3) 44.8 (21.7) <0.001
Charlson comorbidity index <0.001
 0 32,673 (79.2) 137,384 (83.1)
 1-2 7,998 (19.4) 26,706 (16.1)
 >2 570 (1.4) 1,290 (0.8)
Race/Ethnicity, n (%) 0.390
 Non-Hispanic White 26,784 (64.9) 103,630 (62.7)
 African American 4,333 (10.5) 15,983 (9.6)
 Hispanic 3,074 (7.5) 14,129 (8.5)
 Other/Unknown 7,050 (17.1) 31,638 (19.1)
Source of payment, n (%) <0.001
 Medicare 4,250 (10.3) 12,074 (7.3)
 Medicaid 3,153 (7.6) 17,581 (10.7)
 Private Insurance 31,885 (77.4) 123,481 (74.9)
 Other 1,922 (4.6) 11,679 (7.1)
Median household income for patient's zip code, n (%) <0.001
 1 - 40,999 7,109 (17.5) 36,414 (22.5)
 41,000 - 50,999 9,134 (22.5) 40,224 (24.8)
 51,000 - 66,999 11,225 (27.7) 43,621 (26.9)
 67,000+ 13,103 (32.3) 41,556 (25.7)
Hospital bed size, n (%) <0.001
 Small 2,761 (6.8) 23,115 (14.2)
 Medium 8,527 (21.1) 45,397 (27.8)
 Large 29,190 (72.1) 94,754 (58.0)
Urban location of hospital, n (%) 39,676 (98.0) 141,461 (86.6) <0.001
Teaching status of hospital, n (%) 22,232 (54.9) 68,540 (42.0) 0.005
Hospital geographic region, n (%) 0.365
 Northeast 8,794 (21.3) 27,874 (16.8)
 Midwest 9,802 (23.8) 33,247 (20.1)
 South 13,031 (31.6) 63,104 (38.2)
 West 9,614 (23.3) 41,156 (24.9)
Hypertension, n (%) 10,340 (25.1) 31,865 (19.3) <0.001
Chronic lung disease, n (%) 4,214 (10.2) 15,600 (9.4) 0.093
Congestive heart failure, n (%) 166 (0.4) 414 (0.2) 0.036
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 3,084 (7.5) 8,776 (5.3) <0.001
Chronic renal failure, n (%) 198 (0.5) 508 (0.3) 0.018
Obesity, n (%) 5,107 (12.4) 14,805 (8.9) <0.001
Endometriosis, n (%) 8,768 (21.3) 43,983 (26.6) <0.001
Adenomyosis, n (%) 5,568 (13.5) 27,668 (16.7) 0.002
Leiomyomas, n (%) 20,362 (49.4) 76,766 (46.4) 0.013
Pelviperitoneal adhesions, n (%) 8,721 (21.1) 27,796 (16.8) <0.001
Adnexal mass, n (%) 7,816 (18.9) 29,931 (18.1) 0.239
Pelvic organ prolapse, n (%) 5,295 (12.8) 28,134 (17.0) 0.012
Chronic pelvic pain, n (%) 5,423 (13.1) 27,634 (16.7) <0.001
Concurrent adnexal procedure, n (%) 24,814 (60.2) 95,313 (57.6) 0.067
Concurrent pelvic prolapse repair, n (%) 4,402 (10.7) 19,406 (11.7) 0.505
Concurrent treatment endometriosis, n (%) 1,693 (4.1) 7,293 (4.4) 0.409
Type of hysterectomy, n (%) <0.001
 Total 35,843 (86.9) 129,197 (78.1)
 Supracervical 5,398 (13.1) 36,184 (21.9)