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. 2017 Apr 19;152(4):336–342. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.4753

Table 3. Summary of Adjusted Outcomes for Patients Treated at Low-Volume (≤22 Cases per Year) vs High-Volume (>22 Cases per Year) Hospitalsa.

Outcome Odds Ratio (95% CI) Increase, % (95% CI) P Value
Overall complications 1.68 (1.03 to 2.94) NA .04
Length of surgical stay NA 18 (−3 to 44) .09
Hospital costs NA 7 (−5 to 23) .26

Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.

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Outcomes were examined in separate multivariable models, whereby the adjusted association of each outcome was modeled against hospital volume status while accounting for the effects of patient age, sex, race/ethnicity, comorbidities, and clinical pancreatic-related diagnosis, and the correlation of outcomes of patients who were treated at the same hospital.