Table 1 Patient demographics, hospital characteristics and surgical characteristics of tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy and adenotonsillectomy and hospital revisits
From: Hospital revisits after paediatric tonsillectomy: a cohort study
Index surgery | Emergency department presentation | Hospital readmission | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 47,054 | 4758 (10.11% of surgeries) | 2750 (5.84% of surgeries) | |||
Age | ||||||
0–4 years | 16,949 | (36.02%) | 1447 | (30.41%) | 705 | (25.64%) |
5–9 years | 16,553 | (35.18%) | 1330 | (27.95%) | 693 | (25.20%) |
10–14 years | 6682 | (14.2%) | 666 | (14.00%) | 404 | (14.69%) |
15–19 years | 6870 | (14.6%) | 1315 | (27.64%) | 948 | (34.47%) |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 23,624 | (50.21%) | 2302 | (48.38%) | 1273 | (46.29%) |
Female | 23,425 | (49.78%) | 2455 | (51.60%) | 1477 | (53.71%) |
Intersex | 5 | (0.01%) | 1 | (0.02%) | ||
Socioeconomic status (quintiles) | ||||||
1 (lowest SES) | 9245 | (19.65%) | 976 | (20.51%) | 458 | (16.65%) |
2 | 8142 | (17.3%) | 947 | (19.90%) | 512 | (18.62%) |
3 | 8452 | (17.96%) | 914 | (19.21%) | 455 | (16.55%) |
4 | 11,476 | (24.39%) | 1136 | (23.88%) | 726 | (26.40%) |
5 (highest SES) | 9733 | (20.68%) | 785 | (16.5%) | 599 | (21.78%) |
N/A (overseas) | 6 | (0.01%) | 0 | (0%) | ||
Area of remoteness | ||||||
Major city | 31,150 | (66.20%) | 3090 | (64.94%) | 1996 | (72.58%) |
Inner regional | 12,841 | (27.29%) | 1394 | (29.3%) | 654 | (23.78%) |
Outer regional | 3038 | (6.46%) | 272 | (5.72%) | 99 | (3.60%) |
Remote or very remote | 19 | (0.04%) | 2 | (0.04%) | 1 | (0.04%) |
N/A (overseas) | 6 | (0.01%) | 0 | (0%) | 0 | (0%) |
Surgical indication (index admission) | ||||||
Infective | 19,471 | (41.38%) | 2211 | (46.47%) | 1400 | (51.00%) |
Obstructive | 14,059 | (29.88%) | 1290 | (27.11%) | 683 | (24.84%) |
Infective and obstructive | 12,642 | (26.87%) | 1200 | (25.22%) | 633 | (23.02%) |
Other | 882 | (1.87%) | 57 | (1.20%) | 34 | (1.24%) |
Length of hospital stay during index admission | ||||||
Day case | 4755 | (10.11%) | 436 | (9.16%) | 247 | (8.98%) |
Overnight stay | 42,299 | (89.89%) | 4322 | (90.84%) | 2503 | (91.02%) |
Intensive care unit during index admission | ||||||
Yes | 285 | (0.61%) | 60 | (1.26%) | 47 | (1.71%) |
No | 46,769 | (99.39%) | 4698 | (98.74%) | 2703 | (98.29%) |
Hospital region | ||||||
Metropolitan | 30,773 | (65.4%) | 3072 | (64.56%) | 2035 | (74.00%) |
Regional | 16,281 | (34.6%) | 1686 | (35.44%) | 715 | (26.00%) |
Hospital sector | ||||||
Public | 25,132 | (53.41%) | 4758 | (100.00%) | 2547 | (92.62%) |
Private | 21,922 | (46.59%) | N/A | (0.00%) | 203 | (7.38%) |