Table 1.

Demographic information about the participating sites and bivariate analyses comparing low and high ERP sites.

Practice Information	n	Low ERP (n=11)	High ERP (n=7)	p-value
Number of surgeons, M(SD)	9.6 (5.3)	10.3 (6.6)	8.5 (2.5)	.431
Number of surgeons in practice for less than 5 years, M(SD)	2.2 (1.6	2.2 (1.7)	2.2 (1.4)	.988
Number of surgeons who operate on children with IBD electively, M(SD)	5.7 (3.5)	6.0 (3.5)	5.4 (3.9)	.753
Number of beds in the hospital, M(SD)	306 (145)	313.6 (169.1)	295.4 (108.9)	.804
Number of pediatric ICU patient beds, M(SD)	36.2 (19.7)	36.6 (24.3)	35.7 (10.8)	.927
Annual pediatric IBD surgery volume, M(SD)	34.2 (28.2)	36.2 (32.9)	31 (20.8)	.712
Hospital location				.605
Major metropolitan	14 (77.8%)	9 (64.3%)	5 (35.7%)
Urban	4 (22.2%)	2 (50.0%)	2 (50%)
Hospital infrastructure				.017
Free standing	12 (66.7%)	5 (41.7%)	7 (58.3%)
Wing within adult hospital	6 (33%)	6 (100%)	0 (0%)
Electronic medical record				.311
Cerner	9 (50%)	5 (55.6%)	4 (57.1%)
EPIC	8 (44.4%)	6 (75.0%)	2 (25.0%)
Sunrise	1 (5.6%)	0 (0%)	1 (100.0%)
Surgical patients on a designated floor				.518
Always	4 (22.2%)	3 (75.0)	1 (25.0%)
Mostly	14 (77.8%)	8 (57.1%)	6 (42.9%)
Urgency of surgeries performed for children with IBD				.120
Mostly elective	9 (50%)	7 (77.8%)	2 (22.2%)
Mostly emergent	2 (11.1%)	0 (0%)	2 (100%)
Even proportion of elective/emergent	7 (38.9%)	4 (57.1%)	3 (42.9%)
Anesthesiology leader identified				.914
Yes	10 (55.6%)	6 (60.0%)	4 (40.0%)
No	8 (44.4%)	5 (62.5%)	3 (37.5%)
Collect ERP compliance data				.231
Yes	2 (11.1%)	2 (100%)	0 (0%)
No	16 (88.9%)	9 (56.3%)	7 (43.8%)
Pain team managed by anesthesia				.829
Yes	15 (83.3%)	9 (60.0%)	6 (40.0%)
No	3 (16.7%)	2 (66.7%)	1 (33.3%)
Participation in a national surgical quality improvement program				.734
Yes	16 (88.9%)	10 (62.5%)	6 (37.5%)
No	2 (11.1%)	1 (50.0%)	1 (50.0%)

ERP – Enhanced recovery protocol; Low ERP – implementation of <6 elements; High ERP – implementation of ≥6 elements