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Table 1 Characteristics of study population

From: Emergency department utilization of case-managed patients following benign gynecologic surgery

Characteristic

Case-managed

P value

Yes

n(675)=(%)

No

n(200)=(%)

BMI

0.2124

 < 30

285 (43.64)

108 (55.67)

 ≥ 30

368 (56.63)

86 (44.33)

Marital status

0.2524

 Married

115 (17.14)

30 (15.0)

 Not Married

556 (82.86)

170 (85.0)

Average age

40.24 (StdDev ± 11.25)

36.4 (StdDev ± 13.1)

0.0059

Race

0.9305

 White (non-Hispanic)

176 (26.11)

54 (27)

 Black (non-Hispanic)

429 (63.65)

135 (67.5)

 Hispanic

50 (7.42)

3 (1.5)

 Other

19 (2.82)

8 (4)

Residence

0.7730

 Adjacent to hospital zip code

137 (20.63)

40 (20)

 Other

527 (79.37)

160 (80)

Insurance status

0.1421

 State insurance/self-pay

614 (91.37)

199 (99.5)

 Private insurance

58 (8.63)

1 (0.50)

Surgery type

0.0049

 Same-day surgery

473 (70.28)

164 (82.41)

 Inpatient

200 (29.72)

35 (17.59

  1. Table 1 includes demographics of patients included in the study, whether they were case-managed, and who returned to the emergency department