Table 1.
Characteristics of Veterans Health Administration patient receiving OSS 1 procedures without general anesthesia in fiscal year 2019
| Patient characteristics (%) | Any preop-test | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No 92,448 (51.7) |
Yes 86,327 (48.3) |
Total 178,775a |
|
| Age, mean (SD) | 65.5 (15.0) | 68.3 (12.3) | 66.9 (13.8) |
| Gender, No. (%) | |||
| Male | 83,029 (50.9) | 80,236 (49.1) | 163,265 (91.3) |
| Female | 9419 (60.7) | 6091 (39.3) | 15,510 (8.7) |
| Race/ethnicity, No. (%) | |||
| Native American | 676 (53.9) | 579 (46.1) | 1254 (0.7) |
| Asian | 663 58.0) | 480 (42.0) | 1143 (0.6) |
| Black | 16,371 (49.4) | 16,789 (50.6) | 33,160 (18.5) |
| Hawaiian, Pacific Islander | 724 (50.8) | 700 (49.2) | 1424 (0.8) |
| White | 69,240 (52.1) | 63,662 (47.9) | 132,902 (74.3) |
| Missing | 4774 (53.7) | 4118 (46.3) | 8892 (5.0) |
| Marital status, No. (%) | |||
| Married | 47,703 (51.9) | 44,263 (48.1) | 91,966 (51.4) |
| Not married | 44,745 (51.5) | 42,064 (48.5) | 86,806 (48.6) |
| Service connection | |||
| Less than 50% | 52,707 (51.6) | 49,358 (48.4) | 102,065 (57.1) |
| More than 50% | 39,741 (51.8) | 36,969 (48.2) | 76,710 (42.9) |
| Past year elixhauser comorbidities, No. (%) | |||
| Congestive heart failure | 6732 (31.4) | 14,728 (68.6) | 21,460 (12.0) |
| AIDS | 495 (39.1) | 772 (60.9) | 1267 (0.7) |
| Cardiac arrhythmia | 13,972 (37.4) | 23,340 (62.6) | 37,312 (20.9) |
| Pulmonary circulation disorders | 1631 (28.1) | 4183 (71.9) | 5814 (3.2) |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 10,434 (39.2) | 16,197 (60.8) | 26,631 (14.9) |
| Hypertension | 49,644 (46.2) | 57,685 (53.7) | 107,329 (60.0) |
| Hypertension with complications | 8221 (31.4) | 17,926 (68.6) | 26,147 (14.6) |
| Paralysis | 1587 (42.8) | 2123 (57.2) | 3710 (2.1) |
| Other neurological disorders | 5821 (40.0) | 8766 (60.0) | 14,587 (8.2) |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 17243 (41.1) | 24,665 (28.9) | 41,908 (23.4) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 22,651 (43.8) | 29,070 (56.2) | 51,721 (28.9) |
| Diabetes mellitus with complications | 17,726 (40.5) | 26,055 (59.5) | 43,781 (24.5) |
| Hypothyroidism | 6928 (44.4) | 8664 (55.6) | 15,592 (8.7) |
| Renal failure | 10,285 (33.5) | 20,390 (66.5) | 30,675 (17.2) |
| Liver disease | 5815 (38.0) | 9479 (62.0) | 15,294 (8.6) |
| Peptic ulcer | 502 (32.1) | 1064 (67.9) | 1566 (0.9) |
| Lymphoma | 748 (24.5) | 2309 (75.5) | 3057 (1.7) |
| Metastatic cancer | 1506 (21.9) | 5379 (78.1) | 6885 (3.9) |
| Solid tumor w/o metastasis | 25,998 (47.7) | 28,483 (52.3) | 54,481 (30.5) |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 2191 (42.9) | 2912 (57.1) | 5103 (2.9) |
| Coagulopathy | 1950 (27.9) | 5040 (72.1) | 6990 (3.9) |
| Obesity | 15,790 (46.2) | 18,363 (53.8) | 34,153 (19.1) |
| Weight loss | 2912 (29.6) | 6932 (70.4) | 9844 (5.5) |
| Fluid and electrolyte disorders | 6378 (26.8) | 17,383 (73.2) | 23,761 (13.3) |
| Blood loss anemia | 731 (25.9) | 2087 (74.1) | 2818 (1.6) |
| Deficiency anemia | 4904 (32.9) | 9998 (67.1) | 14,902 (8.2) |
| Alcohol abuse | 2257 (35.4) | 4114 (64.6) | 6371 (3.6) |
| Drug abuse | 4445 (45.8) | 5253 (54.1) | 9698 (5.4) |
| Psychosis | 1602 (44.0) | 2040 (56.0) | 3642 (2.0) |
| Depression | 22,404 (48.0) | 24,295 (52.0) | 46,699 (26.1) |
aTotal represents 178,775 procedures (separated by at least 30 days) in 148,728 patients.