Table 1.
Descriptive data of 10 936 operations for pancreatic cancer performed in Italy from 2010 to 2012, stratified in quintiles according to hospital volume of pancreatic cancer resections
| Volume category | No. of resections per year (3-yrs range) | No. of operations | No. of hospitals (%) | Mean age (SD) | Males (%) | Tumour site*: Head/body-tail (%) | Cases with metastases (%) | Mean Charlson comorbidity Index (SD) | Operations performed in public hospitals (%) | Operations funded by national health service (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very low | 1.5 (0–9) | 2286 | 408 (75.0) | 71 [14] | 1185 (51.8) | 1330/516 (58.1%/22.6%) | 586 (25.6) | 5 [3] | 1697 (74.2) | 2240 (98) |
| Low | 5.5 (10–26) | 2120 | 76 (14.0) | 70 [14] | 1106 (52.2) | 1317/412 (62.1%/19.4%) | 482 (22.7) | 5 [2] | 1983 (93.5) | 2106 (99.3) |
| Medium | 13.5 (27–57) | 2165 | 37 (6.8) | 70 [14] | 1175 (54.3) | 1389/529 (64.1%/24.4%) | 406 (18.8) | 5 [2] | 1891 (87.3) | 2142 (98.9) |
| High | 33.5 (58–141) | 2388 | 17 (3.1) | 67 [15] | 1254 (52.5) | 1487/572 (62.3%/24.0%) | 484 (20.3) | 5 [2] | 1481 (62.0) | 2286 (95.7) |
| Very high | 91 (>141) | 1977 | 6 (1.1) | 66 [15] | 1035/942 (52.4) | 1191/471 (60.2%/23.8%) | 461 (23.3) | 5 [2] | 1401 (70.9) | 1890 (95.6) |
| Overall | 13.5 (0–432) | 10 936 | 544 | 69 [14] | 5755 (52.6%) | 6714/2500 (61.4%/22.9%) | 2419 (22.1) | 5 [2] | 8453 (77.3) | 10 664 (97.5) |
*in 1722 cases (15.7%) the tumour site could not be assessed (ICD-9codes: 157.9-8-3) SD = standard deviation.