Table 4.

Management and outcomes

	Historical cohort N = 7908 (%)	Pandemic cohort N = 6771 (%)	p-value
Encounter status			0.34
Outpatient	43.4	44.6
Observation	13.6	13.0
Inpatient admission	43.4	44.6
Facility type			< 0.001
Urgent care	0.3	0.5
Freestanding ED	8.1	9.6
Acute care hospital	91.6	89.9
Acute care hospital size			0.01
< 200 beds	36.3	38.2
200–500 beds	46	45.7
> 500 beds	17.7	16.1
Surgical management, %	40.8	41.2	0.63
ASA status			0.13
I	11.2	11.4
II	46.0	42.7
III	32.4	34.9
IV–V	10.5	11.0
Emergency status (by ASA score), %	34.4	37.1	0.04
Days to OR, median (IQR)	0 (0–1)	0 (0–1)	0.06
Number of surgical procedures			0.07
1	95.4	95.4
2	3.6	3.1
≥ 3	0.9	1.6
Length of surgery			< 0.001
< 1 h	21.2	13.6
1–3 h	67.1	74.2
> 3 h	11.7	12.1
Length of stay, median days (IQR)	2 (0.4)	1 (0.4)	0.33
30-day mortality	8.7	6.8	< 0.001
30-day readmission	33.9	36.2	0.003

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