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. 2021 Feb 12;274(1):45–49. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004809

TABLE 2.

Association of Elective Procedures Canceled Due to COVID-19 and Mortality

Completed Procedures COVID-19 Canceled
No. % 30-d Mortality Mean (SD) % 90-d Mortality Mean (SD) No. 30-d Mortality Difference (SE) [CI] 90-d Mortality Difference (SE) [CI]
COVID-19 canceled versus all completed procedures 298,445 0.0049 (0.0701) 0.0123 (0.1101) 3326 0.0008 (0.0045) [−0.008, 0.0095] −0.0036 (0.0064) [−0.0162, 0.009]
COVID-19 canceled versus all scheduled procedures 320,474 0.005 (0.0709) 0.0125 (0.1111) 3326 0.0017 (0.0047) [−0.0075, 0.0109] −0.0025 (0.0066) [−0.0154, 0.0104]
VASQIP Cases 86,036 0.0083 (0.0906) 0.016 (0.1255) 1040 −0.0024 (0.0199) [−0.0413, 0.0365] −0.0033 (0.0201) [−0.0426, 0.0361]
Intermediate operative complexity 36,094 0.0083 (0.0908) 0.0163 (0.1268) 472 0.0146 (0.0442) [−0.0719, 0.1012] 0.0343 (0.0449) [−0.0536, 0.1223]
Standard operative complexity 250,292 0.0039 (0.0624) 0.0105 (0.1019) 2798 0.0015 (0.0038) [−0.0059, 0.0088] −0.003 (0.0063) [−0.0154, 0.0094]

Comparison group includes all matched completed elective procedures in March–June 2018 and 2019 unless stated otherwise.

Elective procedures canceled on March 13–19, 2020.

Estimates are percentage point difference from the comparison group.