Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with acute appendicitis treated at 122 University HealthSystems Consortium Hospitals based on type of care model for emergency general surgery patients. (N=2,565)
| Patient Characteristics | General Surgeon On-call Model (N=1,151) |
Acute Care Surgery model (N=1,414) |
p value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 533 (46.3) | 622 (44.0) | 0.2404 |
| Age (years) | 0.0011 | ||
| 18-25, N (%) | 238 (20.7) | 346 (24.5) | |
| 26-45, N (%) | 407 (35.4) | 549 (38.8) | |
| 46-65, N (%) | 373 (32.4) | 397 (28.1) | |
| 66-85, N (%) | 116 (10.1) | 114 (8.1) | |
| >85, N (%) | 17 (1.5) | 8 (0.6) | |
| Race | 0.0126 | ||
| White, N (%) | 771 (67) | 887 (62.7) | |
| Black, N (%) | 102 (8.9) | 187 (13.2) | |
| Hispanic, N (%) | 189 (16.4) | 237 (16.8) | |
| Asian, N (%) | 53 (4.6) | 60 (4.2) | |
| Other, N (%) | 36 (3.1) | 43 (3) | |
| Insurance | <0.0001 | ||
| Private, N (%) | 572 (49.7) | 680 (48.1) | |
| Medicaid, N (%) | 165 (14.3) | 215 (15.2) | |
| Medicare, N (%) | 158 (13.7) | 160 (11.3) | |
| Other Government, N (%) | 18 (1.6) | 31 (2.2) | |
| Other, N (%) | 100 (8.7) | 76 (5.4) | |
| Uninsured, N (%) | 138 (12) | 252 (17.8) | |
| Severity of Illness | 0.1608 | ||
| Minor, N (%) | 601 (52.2) | 702 (49.6) | |
| Moderate, N (%) | 507 (44.0) | 637 (45.0) | |
| Major, N (%) | 41 (3.6) | 68 (4.8) | |
| Extreme, N (%) | 2 (0.2) | 7 (0.5) | |
*
Pearson chi-squared test of association or non-parametric tests of comparison of medians or t-tests for means