Table 2.
Characteristics of cholecystectomy patients and their treating institutions, by patient race
| Variable | Overall (N=1277) |
White (N=1094) |
Black (N=183) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years, median (Q1, Q3) | 16 (14, 17) | 16(15, 17) | 16(13, 17) | <.001 |
| Opioid Fill, n (%) | 1075 (84.2) | 938(85.7) | 137(74.9) | <.001 |
| Laparoscopic approach, n (%) | 1253 (98.1) | 1076(98.4) | 177(96.7) | 0.13 |
| Postoperative length of stay (days) | 0 (0, 1) | 0(0, 1) | 1(1, 2) | <.001 |
| Sick cell disease, n (%) | 38 (3.0) | 0(0.0) | 38(20.8) | <.001 |
| Urban/Rural Classification of Hospital County, n (%) | <.001 | |||
| Large central metro | 398 (31.2) | 290(26.5) | 108(59.0) | |
| Large fringe metro | 93 (7.3) | 90(8.2) | 3(1.6) | |
| Medium metro | 372 (29.1) | 309(28.2) | 63(34.4) | |
| Small metro | 82 (6.4) | 74(6.8) | 8(4.4) | |
| Micropolitan | 299 (23.4) | 298(27.2) | 1(0.5) | |
| Noncore | 33 (2.6) | 33(3.0) | 0(0.0) | |
| Teaching Hospital, n (%) | 985 (77.1) | 813(74.3) | 172(94.0) | <.001 |
| Children’s Hospital, n (%) | 456 (35.7) | 337(30.8) | 119(65.0) | <.001 |