Table 3. Characteristics of Patients Who Sought Inpatient Gender-Affirming Surgery by Center Volume, 2000 to 2011a.
| Variableb | No. (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Low Volume (n = 1218) |
High Volume (n = 1641) |
Total (N = 2858) |
|
| Insurance | |||
| Medicare | 98 (8.0) | c | 103 (3.6) |
| Medicaid | 147 (12.1) | 0 | 147 (5.1) |
| Private | 486 (39.9) | 245 (14.9) | 731 (25.6) |
| Self-pay | 349 (28.7) | 1385 (84.4) | 1734 (60.7) |
| Other | 33 (2.7) | 0 | 33 (1.2) |
| Missing | 105 (8.6) | c | 110 (3.8) |
| Surgery classification | |||
| Unknown | 231 (19.0) | 24 (1.5) | 255 (8.9) |
| MtF | 75 (6.2) | 1255 (76.5) | 1330 (46.5) |
| FtM | 834 (68.5) | 51 (3.1) | 886 (31.0) |
| Inconsistent | 77 (6.3) | 310 (18.9) | 387 (13.5) |
Abbreviations: FtM, female to male; MtF, male to female.
a
The sum of low volume and high volume may not equal the total due to weighting and rounding.
b
P < .001 for both comparisons from global χ2 tests.
c
Unable to display frequency per Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project rules17 (n <11).