Clinical and Economical Outcomes Associated with Parathyroidectomy: A 5-Year Population-Based Study in a Middle-Income Country with Universal Health Coverage

Table 1

Patient demographic and preoperative characteristics.

Characteristic	N = 478
Age
Median (p25; p75) (years)	49.44 (35.70; 63.17)
Groups (no. (%))
≤49	126 (26.36)
50–59	238 (49.79)
≥60	114 (23.85)
Sex (no. (%))
Male	229 (47.91)
Female	249 (52.09)
Comorbidity Charlson index (no. (%))
0–2	289 (60.46)
≥3	189 (39.54)
Geographical region (no. (%))
Atlantic	24 (5.02)
Bogotá	185 (38.70)
Central	120 (25.10)
Eastern	64 (13.39)
Pacific	84 (17.57)
Others departments	1 (0.21)
Insurer (no. (%))
Public	250 (52.3)
Private	228 (47.7)