Table 5. Comparison of insurance type and surgical approach based on age stratification (age < 65 vs. age ≥ 65).
| Age ≥ 65 | Robotic = 224 (2.6 %) | Laparoscopic = 1720 (43.5 %) | Open = 2128 (53.9 %) | Total = 3951 (100 %) | p value |
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| Not insured | 0 (0.0 %) | 10 (0.6 %) | 14 (0.7 %) | 24 (0.6 %) | 0.243 |
| Private | 10 (9.7 %) | 258 (15.1 %) | 281 (13.4 %) | 549 (14.1 %) | |
| Medicaid | 2 (1.9 %) | 28 (1.6 %) | 45 (2.1 %) | 75 (1.9 %) | |
| Medicare | 91 (88.3 %) | 1397 (82.0 %) | 1752 (83.5 %) | 3240 (83.0 %) | |
| Other | 0 (0.0 %) | 11 (0.6 %) | 5 (0.2 %) | 16 (0.4 %) | |
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| Age < 65 | Robotic = 121 (2.6 %) | Laparoscopic = 2673 (57.1 %) | Open = 1888 (40.3 %) | Total = 4682 (100 %) | p value |
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| Not insured | 4 (3.3 %) | 103 (3.9 %) | 114 (6.2 %) | 221 (4.8 %) | <0.001 |
| Private | 104 (86.0 %) | 2044 (77.6 %) | 1351 (73.4 %) | 3499 (76.1 %) | |
| Medicaid | 2 (1.7 %) | 227 (8.6 %) | 152 (8.3 %) | 381 (8.3 %) | |
| Medicare | 8 (6.6 %) | 215 (8.2 %) | 193 (10.5 %) | 416 (9.1 %) | |
| Other | 3 (2.5 %) | 45 (1.7 %) | 31 (1.7 %) | 79 (1.7 %) | |