Table 2.
Readmission and ED visits across the sample characteristics
| Overall N = 301 | Readmission 24 (8%) |
ED visits 42 (14%) |
ED visits or readmissions 55 (18.3%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no | yes | p value | no | yes | p value | no | yes | p value | ||
| Mean age (SD) | 34.9 (12.0) |
34.3 (11.8) |
42.0 (12.1) |
0.002 | 34.4 (12.1) |
37.9 (10.7) |
0.087 | 34 (11.9) |
39.0 (11.3) |
0.005 |
| Median duration of operation, h (q1–q3) | 2.3 (1.9–2.8) |
2.3 (1.8–2.8) |
2.3 (2.1–2.60) |
0.656 | 2.3 (1.9–2.8) |
2.2 (1.8–2.7) |
0.405 | 2.3 (1.9–2.87) |
2.2 (1.8–2.6) |
0.565 |
| Median hospital length of stay, days (q1–q3) | 4 (3–5) |
4 (3–5) |
5 (1–7) |
0.42 | 4 (3–5) |
4.5 (3.5–6) |
0.158 | 4 (3–5) |
4 (2.5–6) |
0.638 |
*Independent t-test/Mann-Whitney U test is significant at α=0.05.