Table 3: Sensitivity Analysis - Difference in days between LOS measures for all hospital volumes after episode exclusion.
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All episodes |
Excl. Dead |
Excl. Cancer |
Excl. Charlson>0 |
Excl. Hosp. admissions |
Excl. Hosp. discharges |
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n=8120 |
n=7498 |
n=6869 |
n=5109 |
n=7657 |
n=7659 |
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LOS |
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Low vs High |
-6.6 (<0.01) |
-7.1 (<0.01) |
-6.7 (<0.01) |
-5.5 (<0.01) |
-6.2 (<0.01) |
-6.4 (<0.01) |
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Medium vs High |
-6.2 (<0.01) |
-6.6 (<0.01) |
-6.3 (<0.01) |
-5.1 (<0.01) |
-6.0 (<0.01) |
-6.3 (<0.01) |
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Low vs Medium |
-0.4 (0.58) |
-0.5 (0.42) |
-0.4 (0.60) |
-0.5 (0.46) |
-0.1 (0.84) |
-0.2 (0.80) |
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Pre-op LOS |
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Low vs High |
-1.4 (<0.01) |
-0.8 (0.01) |
-0.7 (0.02) |
-0.8 (0.01) |
-0.7 (0.01) |
-0.8 (0.01) |
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Medium vs High |
0.7 (0.01) |
-1.3 (<0.01) |
-1.3 (<0.01) |
-1.4 (<0.01) |
-1.4 (<0.01) |
-1.5 (<0.01) |
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Low vs Medium |
-5.7 (<0.01) |
0.5 (0.05) |
0.6 (0.02) |
0.6 (0.01) |
0.7 (0.01) |
0.7 (0.01) |
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Post-op LOS |
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Low vs High |
-1.1 (0.06) |
-6.1 (<0.01) |
-5.8 (<0.01) |
-4.6 (<0.01) |
-5.3 (<0.01) |
-5.5 (<0.01) |
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Medium vs High |
0.3 (0.49) |
-5.0 (<0.01) |
-4.7 (<0.01) |
-3.5 (<0.01) |
-4.4 (<0.01) |
-4.7 (<0.01) |
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Low vs Medium |
-1.0 (0.02) |
-1.1 (0.05) |
-1.0 (0.11) |
-1.0 (0.06) |
-0.9 (0.12) |
-0.9 (0.13) |
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ICU LOS |
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Low vs High |
0 (<0.01) |
0.3 (0.58) |
0 (0.98) |
0.4 (0.41) |
0.6 (0.25) |
0.5 (0.32) |
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Medium vs High |
0 (<0.01) |
-1.2 (<0.01) |
-1.4 (<0.01) |
-0.8 (0.06) |
-0.7 (0.08) |
-1.1 (0.01) |
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Low vs Medium |
0 (<0.01) |
1.4 (<0.01) |
1.4 (0.01) |
1.2 (0.01) |
1.3 (<0.01) |
1.6 (<0.01) |
All measures represent adjusted mean difference in the number of days; p-values are represented in parenthesis