Table 1.
Patient and Facility Characteristics According to Index Surgical Care Setting
| Inpatient, n (%) |
Ambulatory, n (%) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n = 5470 | n = 8902 | ||
| Age, years, median (IQR) | 74 (67–82) | 72 (66–79) | <0.001 |
| Length of stay, days, median (IQR) | 2 (1–6) | 0 (0–1) | <0.001 |
| Gender, n (%) | |||
| Male | 5470 (100.0) | 8902 (100.0) | |
| CCI, n (%) | <0.001 | ||
| 0 | 2279 (41.7) | 5559 (62.4) | |
| 1 | 1056 (19.3) | 1606 (18.0) | |
| ≥2 | 2135 (39.0) | 1737 (19.5) | |
| Payer, n (%) | <0.001 | ||
| Medicare | 4246 (77.6) | 6878 (77.3) | |
| Medicaid | 279 (5.1) | 119 (1.3) | |
| Private | 889 (16.3) | 1835 (20.6) | |
| Uninsured | 56 (1.0) | 70 (0.8) | |
| Race, n (%) | <0.001 | ||
| White | 3614 (66.1) | 7111 (79.9) | |
| Black | 582 (10.6) | 523 (5.9) | |
| Hispanic | 800 (14.6) | 1038 (11.7) | |
| Other | 474 (8.7) | 230 (2.6) | |
| Income, n (%) | <0.001 | ||
| $1–$39,999 | 1634 (29.9) | 2966 (33.3) | |
| $40,000–$50,999 | 1490 (27.2) | 3251 (36.5) | |
| $51,000–$65,999 | 1000 (18.3) | 1974 (22.2) | |
| ≥$66,000 | 1346 (24.6) | 711 (8.0) | |
| Education, n (%) | <0.001 | ||
| <9.7% | 1035 (18.9) | 2155 (24.2) | |
| 9.7–11.6% | 1082 (19.8) | 1907 (21.4) | |
| 11.7–12.9% | 1354 (24.8) | 2598 (29.2) | |
| ≥13% | 1999 (36.5) | 2242 (25.2) | |
| Urban/rural status, n (%) | <0.001 | ||
| Large metro area, ≥1,000,000 | 4172 (76.3) | 4425 (49.7) | |
| Small metro area, <1,000,000 | 1029 (18.8) | 4015 (45.1) | |
| Micropolitan | 163 (3.0) | 314 (3.5) | |
| Rural | 106 (1.9) | 148 (1.7) | |
| State, n (%) | <0.001 | ||
| New York | 2676 (48.9) | 388 (4.4) | |
| Florida | 2794 (51.1) | 8514 (95.6) | |
| Procedure, n (%) | <0.001 | ||
| TURP | 4524 (82.7) | 5136 (57.7) | |
| Laser | 912 (16.7) | 3699 (41.6) | |
| Thermotherapy | 34 (0.6) | 67 (0.8) | |
CCI = Charlson Comorbidity Index; IQR = interquartile range; TURP = transurethral resection of the prostate.