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. 2020 Jul 27;25(1):260–268. doi: 10.1007/s11605-020-04722-3

Table 2.

Comparisons of resource utilization overall and excluding outpatient anorectal cases

Historical overall (n = 239) Historical minus OAR (n = 112)a COVID (n = 13) P valueb P valuec
Avg SD Avg SD Avg SD
LOS 10.0 21.6 10.0 21.6 9.0 6.7 0.882 0.882
ICU 0.4 1.2 0.4 1.2 1.4 2.5 0.016 0.016
Overall utilizationd 41.5 - 41.5 - 21.6 -
ICU utilizationd 1.5 - 1.5 - 3.4 -
N % N % N %
ED visite 69 29 44 39 4 31 1.0 0.765
Readmissione 19 8 18 16 2 15 0.609 1.0
Reoperatione 11 5 10 9 0 0 1.0 0.388

OAR outpatient anorectal cases, Avg average, SD standard deviation, LOS length of stay, ICU intensive care unit, ED emergency department

aThe resource utilization outcomes (i.e. LOS, ICU, overall utilization and ICU utilization) of this group is equivalent to those of the historical overall since outpatient cases were excluded from the calculations of these variable

bComparison between historical overall and COVID groups

cComparison between historical minus OAR and COVID groups

dPatient-days (and patient-ICU days) per week

eWithin 30 days