Table 1 Patient Demographics
From: Outpatient versus inpatient superficial parotidectomy: clinical and pathological characteristics
Inpatient | Outpatient | statistic | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (mean (range)) | 54 (16–85) | 50 (19–85) | p = 0.040 |
Male Gender (n (%)) | 53 (46.5) | 49 (39.5) | p = 0.277 |
Distance (km (range)) | 115.9 (1.0–152.0) | 26.9 (1.4–1984) | p = 0.053 |
Travel Time | p < 0.001 | ||
< 30 min | 52 (45.6) | 54 (43.5) | |
30–60 min | 45 (39.5) | 68 (54.8) | |
> 60 min | 17 (14.9) | 2 (1.6) | |
CCI (median score (IQR)) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | |
Charlson distribution (n (%)) | p = 0.169 | ||
0 | 38 (33.3) | 56 (45.2) | |
1 | 24 (21.1) | 28 (22.6) | |
2 | 22 (19.3) | 23 (18.5) | |
3 | 16 (14.0) | 7 (5.6) | |
4 | 10 (8.8) | 7 (5.6) | |
5 | 4 (3.5) | 2 (1.6) | |
6 | 0 (0.) | 1 (0.8) |