Demographics | Actual length of stay | p | Aggregated n = 221a | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 n = 6* | 1 n = 83 | 2 n = 96 | 3 +  n = 42 | |||
Age (years) | 54.00 ± 9.25 | 62.01 ± 10.47 | 61.65 ± 10.33 | 62.45 ± 11.43 | 0.92 | 61.94 ± 10.55 |
Gender |  |  |  |  |  < 0.01 |  |
 Female | 3 (50.00%) | 40 (48.19%) | 60 (62.50%) | 32 (76.19%) |  | 132 (59.73%) |
 Male | 3 (50.00%) | 43 (51.81%) | 36 (37.50%) | 10 (23.81%) |  | 89 (40.27%) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 29.68 ± 6.00 | 30.09 ± 6.24 | 31.27 ± 6.59 | 33.88 ± 8.25 |  < 0.05 | 31.28 ± 6.85 |
Race | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.83 | Â |
 African American (Black) | 0 | 11 (13.25%) | 19 (19.79%) | 9 (19.05%) |  | 38 (17.19%) |
 Asian | 0 | 2 (2.41%) | 3 (3.12%) | 0 |  | 5 (2.26%) |
 White | 6 (100.00%) | 62 (74.70%) | 65 (67.71%) | 30 (71.43%) |  | 157 (71.04%) |
 Unknown | 0 | 8 (9.64%) | 9 (9.38%) | 4 (9.52%) |  | 21 (9.50%) |
Smoking status | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.53 | Â |
 Current smoker | 0 | 5 (6.02%) | 7 (7.29%) | 3 (7.14%) |  | 15 (6.79%) |
 Former smoker | 3 (50.00%) | 31 (37.35%) | 38 (39.58%) | 22 (52.38%) |  | 91 (41.18%) |
 Never | 3 (50.00%) | 47 (56.63%) | 51 (53.12%) | 17 (40.48%) |  | 115 (52.04%) |
Primary payor |  |  |  |  |  < 0.05 |  |
 Commercial | 5 (83.33%) | 47 (56.63%) | 53 (55.21%) | 12 (28.57%) |  | 112 (50.68%) |
 Medicaid | 0 | 3 (3.61%) | 7 (7.22%) | 4 (9.52%) |  | 14 (6.33%) |
 Medicare | 1 (16.67%) | 33 (39.76%) | 35 (36.46%) | 24 (55.81%) |  | 92 (41.63%) |
 Worker’s compensation/no fault | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.04%) | 2 (4.76%) |  | 3 (1.36%) |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.07 | Â |
 Married/partner | 5 (83.33%) | 47 (56.63%) | 56 (58.33%) | 16 (38.10%) |  | 119 (53.85%) |
 Single/divorced/widowed | 1 (16.67%) | 36 (43.37%) | 40 (41.67%) | 26 (61.90%) |  | 102 (46 .15%) |
 Surgical time (min) | 118.50 ± 26.26 | 94.29 ± 18.82 | 98.22 ± 25.56 | 101.67 ± 32.52 | 0.27 | 97.40 ± 24.87 |
Discharge disposition |  |  |  |  |  < .0001 |  |
 Home with self-care | 1 (83.33%) | 4 (4.82%) | 2 (2.08%) | 1 (2.38%) |  | 7 (3.17%) |
 Home with services | 5 (16.67%) | 78 (93.98%) | 92 (95.83%) | 30 (71.43%) |  | 200 (90.50%) |
 Skilled nursing facility | 0 | 1 (1.20%) | 2 (2.08%) | 11 (26.19%) |  | 14 (6.33%) |