Factors predicting hospital length-of-stay after radical prostatectomy: a population-based study

Table 1 Factors significantly associated with prolonged LOS in prostate cancer patients undergoing RP in public hospitals ^*

¹total number of men (N), ²number and % with prolonged LOS (n, %), ³adjusted odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) and ⁴p-values, ⁵count of morbidities included in the Elixhauser index on HIPE record relating to the RP episode, 6median number of RPs performed at hospital per year, ⁷median number of RPs performed by surgeon per year in public and private hospitals.
^* Variables tested, but not significantly associated with prolonged LOS, and excluded from the final model: age at diagnosis, smoking status at diagnosis, and deprivation index of area of residence, grade/Gleason score and patient status at discharge (public/private to the consultant). See Additional file 1 for the ORs for these variables.

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