Table 2: Patient characteristics by
healthcare setting. Results are stratified by operation type.
|
|
Prophylactic
Stabilization |
|
Pathologic
Fixation |
|||
|
Characteristic |
Academic
Medical Center1 |
VHA |
|
Academic
Medical Center* |
VHA |
|
|
Total Number |
89 |
361 |
|
41 |
589 |
|
|
Age in years, mean (SD) |
64 (11) |
67
(11) |
|
63 (13) |
69
(11) |
|
|
Sex n (%) |
|
|
||||
|
Females |
36 (40) |
20
(6) |
|
19
(46) |
31
(5) |
|
|
Males |
53 (60) |
341
(94) |
|
22 (54) |
558
(95) |
|
VHA: Veteran’s Health Administration; SD: Standard
Deviation.
1Patients with
confirmed metastatic disease by manual chart review.