Table 3.
RVU values for each case type and the difference of the means
OPEN | OPEN | Laparoscopic | Laparoscopic | |||
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Average | ELECTIVE | EMERGENT | Difference Mean | ELECTIVE | EMERGENT | Difference Mean |
RVU BILIARY | 17.54 | 17.45 | −0.09 | 11.86 | 11.87 | 0.01 |
RVU COLORECTAL | 26.01 | 25.7 | −0.31 | 27.51 | 27.01 | 0.5 |
RVU HERNIA | 9.73 | 10.29 | 0.56 | 9.5 | 11.43 | 1.93* |
Represents the only statistically significant difference in RVU due to small sample size for laparoscopic hernia cases