Table II.
Number of Patients (%) | |||||
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Medicaid/Uninsured (n = 140) | Medicare, < 65 years (n = 172) | Medicare, ≥ 65 years (n = 353) | Private (n = 195) | P Value | |
Length of stay, days, mean (std dev) | 10.7 (6.9) | 9.1 (5.9) | 10.0 (11.0) | 7.9 (7.2) | < .001 |
Any complication (n = 480) | 96 (68.6) | 107 (62.2) | 191 (54.1) | 86 (44.1) | < .001 |
Wound-related complication (n = 309) | 62 (44.3) | 71 (41.3) | 114 (32.3) | 62 (31.8) | 0.021 |
Non-wound–related complication (n = 336) | 68 (48.6) | 68 (39.5) | 143 (40.5) | 57 (29.2) | 0.004 |
Hospital readmission (n = 128) | 24 (17.1) | 26 (15.1) | 57 (16.1) | 21 (10.8) | 0.305 |
Categorical variables analyzed with Fisher's exact test and continuous variables with ANOVA.
ANOVA = analysis of variance; std dev = standard deviation.