Hospital Surgical Volume, Utilization, Costs and Outcomes of Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection for Testis Cancer
Table 1
Characteristics of the RPLND study population.
Total
Hospital volume
value
Low
High
Age
Mean (SD)
30.9 (9.4)
31.7 (9.7)
30.4 (9.4)
.006
Median (IQR)
29.0 (23.0–36.0)
31.0 (24.0–38.0)
27.0 (23.0–35.0)
.003
Range
18–78
18.0–78.0
18.0–66.0
Race (n/%)
White
614 (61.8)
283 (55.3)
331 (68.8)
<.001
Non-White
164 (16.5)
83 (16.2)
81 (16.8)
Missing
212 (21.7)
145 (28.5)
69 (14.4)
Primary Payer (n/%)
Private
709 (71.4)
370 (72.3)
339 (70.5)
.017
Medicare
38 (3.8)
11 (2.2)
27 (5.6)
Medicaid/Other
246 (24.8)
131 (25.6)
115 (23.9)
Income Quartile (n/%)
$1–$38,999
154 (21.4)
72 (20.8)
82 (21.7)
.050
$39,000–$47,999
173 (23.9)
98 (28.2)
75 (19.8)
$48,000–$62,999
195 (26.9)
83 (23.9)
112 (29.6)
$63,000+
203 (28.0)
94 (27.1)
109 (28.8)
Hospital Type (n/%)
Rural
20* (2)
20* (3)
0
<.001
Urban Non-Teaching
180* (18)
180* (35)
DS (2)
Urban Teaching
790* (80)
320* (62)
470* (98)
Hospital Bed Size (n/%)
Small
88 (8.9)
41 (8.0)
47 (9.8)
<.001
Medium
124 (12.5)
93 (18.2)
31 (6.4)
Large
781 (78.7)
378 (73.8)
403 (83.8)
Hospital Region (n/%)
Northeast
186 (18.7)
102 (19.9)
84 (17.5)
.337
Midwest
246 (24.8)
128 (25.0)
118 (24.5)
South
325 (32.7)
172 (33.6)
153 (31.8)
West
236 (23.8)
110 (21.5)
126 (26.2)
Comorbidity (n/%)
None
452 (45.5)
241 (47.1)
211 (43.9)
.076
One
400 (40.3)
190 (37.1)
210 (43.7)
Multiple
141 (14.2)
81 (15.8)
60 (12.5)
Abbreviations: SD: standard deviation, IQR: interquartile range, DS: data suppressed per NIS for .
*
rounded to nearest 10 to prevent calculation of suppressed data, % based on rounded. , numbers may not add up to total and % may not add up to 100 due to rounding.
