Table 1. Characteristics of Studies Included in Review.
| Source (country) | Study design and setting | Surgery type and intervention | Intervention population | Comparator population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (% men) | Age, mean (SD), y | Elective, % | No. (% men) | Age, mean (SD), y | Elective, % | |||
| Zuckerman et al,36 1992 (US) | Pre-post in an urban tertiary care hospital | Orthopedic internist with MDT | 431 (19.0) | 80.4 (NR) | 0 | 60 (21.7) | 80.3 (NR) | 0 |
| Macpherson et al,28 1994 (US) | Pre-post in a university-affiliated VA hospital | Thoracic internist | 78 (98.7) | 63.1 (NR) | NR | 86 (100) | 63.1 (NR) | NR |
| Huddleston et al,24 2004 (US) | Randomized clinical trial in an academic medical center | Orthopedic hospitalist | 232 (45.3) | 72.6 (10.6) | 100 | 237 (47.3) | 73.7 (8.7) | 100 |
| Pinzur et al,31 2009 (US) | Pre-post in an academic medical center | Orthopedic hospitalist | 86 (48.8) | 51.5 (NR) | 100 | 54 (33.3) | 54.3 (NR) | 100 |
| Salottolo et al,23 2009 (US) | Pre-post in a community trauma center | Trauma hospitalist | 261 (NR) | 72.0 (14.9) | 0 | 239 (NR) | 67.4 (18.3) | 0 |
| Auerbach et al,26 2010 (US) | Pre-post, control in an academic medical center | Neurosurgery hospitalist | 3393 (49.2) | 54.0 (15.6) | 67.5 | 4203 (47.5) | 53.1 (15.6) | 66.5 |
| Della Rocca et al,38 2013 (US) | Pre-post in an academic medical center | Orthopedic internist with MDT | 115 (22.6) | 82 (NR) | 0 | 31 (29.0) | 82 (NR) | 0 |
| Montero-Ruiz et al,30 2015a (Spain) | Pre-post in an academic medical center | Otolaryngology internist | 642 (57.6) | 49.9 (NR) | 81.19 | 987 (58.6) | 45.3 (NR) | 86.2 |
| Montero-Ruiz et al,29 2015b (Spain) | Pre-post in an academic medical center | Ophthalmology internist | 244 (60.7) | 64.6 (NR) | 86.1 | 345 (54.8) | 63.6 (NR) | 81.4 |
| Iberti et al,27 2016 (US) | Pre-post in an urban tertiary care hospital | Vascular hospitalist with MDT | 1487 (58.6) | 64.6 (NR) | 62.1 | 944 (57.5) | 65.9 (NR) | 63.5 |
| Noticewala et al,25 2016 (US) | Comparative cohort in an academic trauma center and community hospital | Orthopedic hospitalist with MDT | 129 (20.2) | 84.5 (11.5) | 0 | 138 (32.6) | 79.9 (10.8) | 0 |
| Rohatgi et al,32 2016 (US) | Pre-post, control in an academic medical center | Orthopedic and neurosurgery hospitalist with MDT | 4650 (NR) | 58.5 (16.8)a | 71.3a | 14 156 (NR) | 57.8 (17.2)a | 71.7a |
| Soong et al,33 2016 (Canada) | Pre-post, control in an academic medical center | Orthopedic hospitalist with MDT | 331 (28.7) | 79.4 (13.7) | 0 | 240 (30.8) | 80.1 (13.0) | 0 |
| Rohatgi et al,37 2018 (US) | Pre-post in an academic medical center | Colorectal hospitalist with MDT | 1062 (54.5) | 54.8 (16.5) | 77.8 | 938 (50.0) | 54.1 (17.8) | 77.6 |
Abbreviations: MDT, multidisciplinary team; NR, not reported; VA, Veterans Affairs.
a
Additional data obtained from author.