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Table 4 Surgical wait times adjusting for age, BMI, race/ethnicity, medical clearance, care setting, block time, and ASA score

From: Socioeconomic factors influence surgical wait times for non-emergent gynecologic surgical procedures: a retrospective analysis

 

Time from decision to OR (days)

N

Median (IQR)

Range

Percentage Change

P-Value

Age (years)

0.02%

0.9609

BMI (kg/m2)

1.2%

0.0867

Insurance

 Medicaid and Medicare

153

39 (20–72)

1–288

−21.7%

0.0647

 Private/Commercial

387

22 (10–47)

1–246

Ref.

Ref.

Race/Ethnicity

 African American/Black

161

33 (16–62)

1–180

6.2%

0.5752

 Asian/Pacific Islander

44

19.5 (10.5–27)

4–121

−6.6%

0.6634

 Hispanic/Latinx

142

29 (11–69)

1–288

0.4%

0.9705

 White/Caucasian

165

22 (10–46)

2–223

Ref.

Ref.

 Other/Unknown

28

29 (10.5–48.5)

6–98

−11.0%

0.5382

Medical Clearance

 Yes

135

45 (23–72)

3–288

56.4%

0.0001

 No

408

22 (9.5–46)

1–246

Ref.

Ref.

Setting of Care

 FQHC

104

59.5 (28–85)

2–288

102.0%

< 0.0001

 Private practice

436

22 (10–45)

1–186

Ref.

Ref.

Block Time

 Yes

319

26 (11–55)

1–288

−10.1%

0.3950

 No

224

27 (12–51.5)

1–174

Ref.

Ref.

ASA Score

 1

104

22 (9–34.5)

1–90

−10.0%

0.3306

 2

354

27 (11–55)

1–246

Ref.

Ref.

 3

78

37.5 (13–79)

2–288

−7.1%

0.5928

 4

4

46.5 (31.5–61.5)

18–75

−17.0

0.6981