Table 2.

Completion of Follow-Up and Patient Outcomes

Factor	Rural Setting	Urban Setting	Overall
n	415	286	701	p
LOS, mean (SD)	4.6 (2.1)	3.7 (2.6)	4.3 (2.4)	<0.001
Re-operation	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	4 (0.6%)	0.016
Endometritis	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0.088
Chorioamnionitis	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0.037
Meningitis	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0.23
Urinary tract infection	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	0.041
Pneumonia	14 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (2.1%)	0.007
Pelvic inflammatory disease	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0.23
All infectious complications	32 (7.7%)	29 (10.1%)	61 (8.7%)	0.26
Inpatient SSI	7 (1.7%)	13 (4.5%)	20 (2.9%)	0.025
Outpatient SSI	10 (2.4%)	9 (3.1%)	19 (2.7%)	0.55
Overall SSI	17 (4.1%)	22 (7.7%)	39 (5.6%)	0.041
Inpatient deaths	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0.088
Outpatient deaths at 30 d	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0.36
Total deaths	1 (0.2%)	4 (1.4%)	5 (0.7%)	0.073
All inpatient complications	22 (5.3%)	20 (7.0%)	42 (6.0%)	0.35
All outpatient complications	11 (2.7%)	11 (3.8%)	22 (3.1%)	0.37
Overall complications	33 (8.0%)	31 (10.8%)	64 (9.1%)	0.19
Completed inpatient follow up	407 (98.1%)	261 (91.3%)	668 (95.3%)	<0.001
Completed phone follow up	362 (87.2%)	176 (61.5%)	538 (76.7%)	<0.001

LOS = length of stay; SD = standard deviation; SSI = surgical site infection.