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. 2023 Jan 8;15(1):e33500. doi: 10.7759/cureus.33500

Table 3. Changes in case volume by site and by ACGME index case classification.

Values are percentage change from 2019 to 2020 for case volume.

ACGME: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; EP: Early Pandemic Phase; OR: Operating Room; PP: Pre-Pandemic Phase; R1: Recovery 1 Phase; R2: Recovery 2 Phase; STC: Shock Trauma Center; UMMC: University of Maryland Medical Center.

  Change in volume 2019 to 2020 for equivalent period P value
  PP EP R1 R2 PP EP R1 R2
Case volume (%)                
     Total -1.8 -55.3 -37.4 -17.6 0.493 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
       UMMC-main ORs -2.9 -50.0 -25.0 -7.7 0.426 <0.001 0.012 0.009
       UMMC-outpatient ORs -11.1  -50.0  -10.6  -11.9  0.046  <0.001  0.286  0.123 
       UMMC-obstetric unit -5.9  -10.8  -7.5  -12.8  0.367  0.127  0.581  0.067 
       UMMC-endoscopy 0.1  -97.5  -100.0  -52.8  0.985  <0.001  <0.001  <0.001 
       UMMC-out-of-OR 24.0  -81.8  -52.1  -34.5  0.016  <0.001  0.023  <0.001 
       STC OR -3.7 -37.7 -29.1 -12.1 0.358 <0.001 0.013 <0.001
Index case volume (%)                
     Pediatrics (< 12 y) 5.8 -72.1 -51.9 -11.2 0.315 <0.001 0.008 0.055
     Pediatrics (< 3 y) 12.9 -53.5 -42.9 -1.8 0.191 0.006 0.013 0.814
     Regional procedures 20.5 -42.3 -54.5 -8.7 0.184 0.053 0.017 0.368
     Vaginal delivery -17.5 -9.0 -19.6 -21.2 0.065 0.358 0.455 0.022
     Cesarean delivery 12.6 -10.8 27.5 -3.1 0.453 0.558 0.048 0.754
     Lung isolation -19.3 -50.0 -35.7 -21.6 0.107 0.066 0.022 0.044
     Cardiopulmonary bypass -2.9 -52.3 -19.3 -6.4 0.759 0.003 0.174 0.403
     Major vascular 8.9 -50.6 27.8 8.6 0.728 0.050 0.495 0.669
     Pain procedures -3.2 -43.2 -4.0 -25.5 0.569 0.022 0.746 <0.001