Surgeons’ Volume-Outcome Relationship for Lobectomies and Wedge Resections for Cancer Using Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Techniques

Table 3

Hospital characteristics.

	VATS lobectomy		VATS wedge resection
	All surgeons; (including thoracic)	Thoracic surgeons; (only)	All surgeons; (including thoracic)	Thoracic surgeons; (only)
Total 𝑁 (2,698)	716	546	1,982	1,350
Census region
Northeast	0.22	0.22	0.21	0.17
Midwest	0.12	0.11	0.24	0.23
South	0.51	0.51	0.41	0.45
West	0.15	0.16	0.14	0.15
Location
Urban	0.96	0.96	0.95	0.96
Nonurban	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.04
Type
Teaching	0.63	0.62	0.57	0.57
Nonteaching	0.37	0.38	0.43	0.43
Bed count
<200	0.05	0.04	0.06	0.05
200–400	0.20	0.21	0.26	0.25
400–600	0.29	0.31	0.30	0.35
>600	0.46	0.44	0.38	0.35