Table 1.

Univariable analysis of demographic, clinical, and hospital characteristics of geriatric patients with colorectal cancer who underwent emergent gastrointestinal surgery, as recorded in the NIS from 2009–2014. PC = palliative care.

	No PC			PC			P-VALUE
	N	COLUMN %	ROW%	N	COLUMN %	R0W%
TOTAL	82,975	100.0%	95.8%	3,598	100.0%	4.2%
PROCEDURE
Enterectomy	7,053	8.5%	93.2%	512	14.2%	6.8%	<0.001
Colectomy	72,310	87.1%	96.5%	2,620	72.8%	3.5%	<0.001
Ostomy	24,285	29.3%	92.3%	2,020	56.1%	7.7%	<0.001
SEX							0.677
Male	37,552	45.3%	95.8%	1,656	46.0%	4.2%
Female	45,419	54.7%	95.9%	1,942	54.0%	4.1%
AGE (years)							<0.001
65–69	14,176	17.1%	97.0%	437	12.1%	3.0%
70–74	14,472	17.4%	96.1%	588	16.3%	3.9%
75–79	15,554	18.7%	96.3%	599	16.6%	3.7%
80–84	17,396	21.0%	96.2%	696	19.3%	3.8%
85–89	14,160	17.1%	95.0%	748	20.8%	5.0%
≥90	7,218	8.7%	93.2%	530	14.7%	6.8%
RACE							0.044
Asian	2,202	2.7%	95.1%	113	3.1%	4.9%
Black	8,537	10.3%	96.1%	350	9.7%	3.9%
Hispanic	5,658	6.8%	97.1%	167	4.6%	2.9%
Missing	5,007	6.0%	96.2%	200	5.6%	3.8%
Other	2,226	2.7%	97.6%	55	1.5%	2.4%
White	59,346	71.5%	95.6%	2,713	75.4%	4.4%
PRIMARY PAYER							0.583
Medicaid	1,561	1.9%	96.7%	53	1.5%	3.3%
Medicare	73,572	88.7%	95.8%	3,211	89.3%	4.2%
Other	574	0.7%	95.0%	30	0.8%	5.0%
Private	6,594	7.9%	96.3%	253	7.0%	3.7%
Uninsured	606	0.7%	93.8%	40	1.1%	6.2%
INCOME QUARTILE							0.082
Bottom	20,510	24.7%	96.4%	764	21.2%	3.6%
2nd	20,240	24.4%	96.0%	834	23.2%	4.0%
3rd	20,875	25.2%	95.4%	1,000	27.8%	4.6%
Top	19,962	24.1%	95.5%	950	26.4%	4.5%
YEAR							<0.001
2009	15,114	18.2%	97.1%	452	12.6%	2.9%
2010	13,691	16.5%	96.8%	449	12.5%	3.2%
2011	14,125	17.0%	95.9%	596	16.6%	4.1%
2012	13,545	16.3%	95.4%	655	18.2%	4.6%
2013	13,560	16.3%	95.8%	590	16.4%	4.2%
2014	12,940	15.6%	93.8%	855	23.8%	6.2%
ELIXHAUSER COMORBIDITY (non-cancer)							<0.001
0	2,993	3.6%	97.5%	77	2.1%	2.5%
1	9,371	11.3%	97.3%	259	7.2%	2.7%
2	14,696	17.7%	96.4%	546	15.2%	3.6%
≥3	55,916	67.4%	95.4%	2,716	75.5%	4.6%
METASTATIC CANCER	33,092	39.9%	93.9%	2,163	60.1%	6.1%	<0.001
DISPOSITION
Routine Discharge	21,797	26.3%	99.1%	203	5.6%	0.9%	<0.001
Home-Health Care	20,007	24.1%	97.0%	623	17.3%	3.0%	<0.001
Transfer (SNF, ICF, Hospice)	34,909	42.1%	96.5%	1,251	34.8%	3.5%	<0.001
Expired	5,319	6.4%	78.1%	1,492	41.5%	21.9%	<0.001
HOSPITAL REGION							<0.001
Northeast	20,917	25.2%	96.7%	703	19.5%	3.3%
South	31,082	37.5%	96.4%	1,166	32.4%	3.6%
Midwest	15,180	18.3%	95.2%	767	21.3%	4.8%
West	15,797	19.0%	94.3%	962	26.7%	5.7%
HOSPITAL CONTROL							<0.001
Government	7,494	9.0%	95.9%	322	8.9%	4.1%
Not-for-Profit	63,379	76.4%	95.5%	2,989	83.1%	4.5%
Proprietary	11,745	14.2%	97.7%	274	7.6%	2.3%
URBANICITY							0.010
Rural	7,894	9.5%	97.2%	231	6.4%	2.8%
Urban	74,724	90.1%	95.7%	3,354	93.2%	4.3%
TEACHING STATUS							<0.001
Non-Teaching	47,502	57.2%	96.4%	1,770	49.2%	3.6%
Teaching	35,117	42.3%	95.1%	1,815	50.4%	4.9%
HOSPITAL BEDSIZE							0.330
Small	10,898	13.1%	96.5%	399	11.1%	3.5%
Medium	22,254	26.8%	95.7%	1,005	27.9%	4.3%
Large	49,467	59.6%	95.8%	2,181	60.6%	4.2%