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Table 1 Hospital characteristics by procedure

From: Influence of trends in hospital volume over time on patient outcomes for high-risk surgery

 

Hospitals number

Volume of procedures mean (SD)

Status

Specialization degree a mean (SD)

Attraction rateb mean (SD)

Teaching

Public or private non-for-profit

Private for profit

Colectomy

610

141.2 (87.5)

30 (4.9%)

319 (52.3%)

261 (42.8%)

5.3 (2.4)

13.8 (14.5)

Proctectomy

522

71.0 (54.2)

33 (6.3%)

297 (56.9%)

192 (36.8%)

2.5 (2.3)

16.2 (17.3)

Esophagectomy

62

37.0 (58.4)

23 (37.1%)

27 (43.5%)

12 (19.4%)

0.8 (1.1)

33.2 (26.7)

Gastrectomy

343

28.5 (22.7)

30 (8.7%)

184 (53.6%)

129 (37.6%)

0.9 (0.9)

16.9 (18.2)

Pancreatectomy

166

37.0 (39.0)

28 (16.9%)

83 (50.0%)

55 (33.1%)

0.9 (0.9)

23.5 (22.3)

PCI

221

1268.6 (1086.3)

23 (10.4%)

81 (36.7%)

117 (52.9%)

19.6 (10.1)

21.4 (16.5)

CABG

45

516.6 (502.2)

22 (48.9%)

18 (40.0%)

5 (11.1%)

7.8 (7.7)

49.3 (21.7)

AAA repair

207

77.0 (78.5)

23 (11.1%)

129 (62.3%)

55 (26.6%)

2.1 (1.8)

24.0 (21.2)

Carotid endarterectomy

296

215.6 (209.1)

19 (6.4%)

193 (65.2%)

84 (28.4%)

47.7 (26.5)

20.1 (19.6)

Hip fracture repair

421

558.5 (437.9)

23 (5.5%)

133 (31.6%)

265 (62.9%)

12.9 (7.9)

11.9 (12.5)

  1. a Proportion of stays for each studied procedure in the surgical department (expressed as a percentage)
  2. b Proportion of patients living in another geographical area that the one of hospital location where they underwent each studied procedure (expressed as a percentage)
  3. PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, CABG coronary-artery bypass grafting, AAA abdominal aortic aneurysm