Table 1.
Volume of Gynecologic Tissue Samples by Practice Type
| Academic N (%) |
Non-Academic N (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Annual Surgical Pathology Specimen Volume*** (Academic=72, Non-Academic=87) | ||
| <10K | 10 (13.9) | 39 (44.8) |
| 10–25K | 25 (34.7) | 26 (29.9) |
| >25–50K | 22 (30.6) | 11 (12.6) |
| >50K | 15 (20.8) | 11 (12.6) |
|
| ||
| Proportion of Gynecologic Specimens** (Academic=72, Non-Academic=87) | ||
| <10% | 7 (9.7) | 27 (31.0) |
| 10%–20% | 44 (61.1) | 38 (43.7) |
| >20%–50% | 16 (22.2) | 15 (17.2) |
| >50%–100% | 5 (6.9) | 7 (8.1) |
|
| ||
| Sub-Specialty Sign-Out*** (Academic=71, Non-Academic=86) | ||
| No | 26 (36.6) | 69 (80.2) |
| Yes | 45 (63.4) | 17 (19.8) |
|
| ||
| Receive Risk-Reducing Surgery Specimens*** (Academic=72, Non-Academic=87) | ||
| No | 9 (12.5) | 35 (40.2) |
| Yes | 63 (87.5) | 52 (59.8) |
|
| ||
| Estimated Annual Number of Risk-Reducing Surgery Specimens (Academic=57, Non-Academic=45) | ||
| <10 | 8 (14.0) | 13 (28.9) |
| 10–20 | 14 (24.6) | 15 (33.3) |
| >20–50 | 19 (33.3) | 6 (13.3) |
| >50 | 16 (28.1) | 11 (24.4) |
**
p<0.01
***
p<0.001