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

Table 3

Rate of 30-day postoperative mortality, ICU admissions, hospital readmission, cost, and days of hospital stay by age, comorbidities, and region.

Characteristic	Hospital readmissions/total (rate per 100 surgeries)	ICU admissions/total (%)	Hospital stay (days) (mean (SD)	Deaths/total (rate per 100 surgeries)	Cost USD (median (p25; p75))^a
Age; groups
≤49	21/126 (16.67)	38/126 (30.16)	5.19 (12)	3/126 (2.38)	7840.64 (4002.89; 9192.57)
50–59	40/238 (16.81)	78/238 (32.77)	4.71 (13.7)	5/238 (2.1)	7687.29 (3922.03; 9372.68)
≥60	19/114 (16.67)	40/114 (35.09)	5.51 (17.1)	2/114 (1.75)	8050.19 (3793.19; 9993.62)
Comorbidity Charlson index
0–2	47/289 (16.26)	95/289 (32.87)	5.36 (16.5)	5/289 (1.73)	7898.29 (3690.63; 9386.52)
≥3	33/189 (17.46)	61/189 (32.28)	4.51 (9.4)	5/189 (2.65)	7685.78 (4330.29; 9309.39)
Geographical region
Atlantic	1/24 (4.17)	8/24 (33.33)	4.58 (10.3)	0/24 (0)	6817.58 (3445.20; 7123.68)
Bogotá	33/185 (17.84)	45/185 (24.32)	4.37 (14)	4/185 (2.16)	7349.4 (4308.86; 8138.09)
Central	25/120 (20.83)	32/120 (26.67)	6.88 (19.7)	4/120 (3.33)	8111.70 (3587.30; 10029.98)
Eastern	12/64 (18.75)	12/64 (18.75)	2.56 (4.4)	1/64 (1.56)	5733.51 (3076.83; 7994.97)
Pacific	9/84 (10.71)	59/84 (70.84)	5.89 (9.9)	1/84 (1.19)	10307.87 (5659.14; 12804.29)
Others departments	0/1 (0)	0/1 (0)	1 (N/A)	0/1 (0)	5751.14 (5751.14; 5751.14)
Insurer
Public	51/250 (20.4)	112/250 (44.8)	7.0 (18.1)	7/250 (2.8)	9177.28 (3922.03; 11423. 32)
Private	29/228 (12.7)	44/228 (19.3)	2.79 (7.1)	3/228 (1.32)	6319.73 (3245.58; 6985.41)
Total Colombia	80/478 (16.74)	156/478 (32.64)	5.02 (14.1)	10/478 (2.09)	7814 (3922.03; 9372.68)

^aUS DOLLARS 2016.