Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of subjects before and after quality improvement work, June 2011 – September 2013 and October 2013 – March 2015

	Pre-QI, N (%)	Post-QI, N (%)
Total	98 (100)	63 (100)
Sex, Male	65 (66)	35 (56)
Mean age in years [SD]	59.6 [15.7]	59.7 (16.6)
Tumor Grade
Grade I	3 (3)	5 (8)
Grade II	9 (9)	5 (8)
Grade III	10 (10)	7 (11)
Grade IV	76 (78)	46 (73)
Surgical Management
Resection	82 (84)	48 (76)
Biopsy	16 (16)	15 (24)
Median length of stay, days	5	5

QI, Quality Improvement; %, percent, SD, standard deviation.