Table 3 Multivariate analysis predicting the length of stay in patients receiving rectal cancer surgery
From: Permanent stoma: a quality outcome in treatment of rectal cancer and its impact on length of stay
| Parameter | Estimate | Standard Error | t value | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent Stoma | 1.02 | 0.14 | 7.32 | < 0.01 |
| Male | 0.33 | 0.11 | 2.98 | 0.01 |
| Age | − 0.02 | 0.01 | − 0.29 | 0.77 |
| Race | ||||
| White | – | - | - | - |
| African American | 0.68 | 0.23 | 3.02 | 0.01 |
| Hispanic or Latino | − 0.06 | 0.18 | − 0.33 | 0.74 |
| Elixhauser score | ||||
| Elixhauser score 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Elixhauser score 1–2 | 0.42 | 0.14 | 3.14 | 0.01 |
| Elixhauser score 3–5 | 1.39 | 0.17 | 8.42 | < 0.01 |
| Metastatic cancer | 0.33 | 0.134 | 2.36 | 0.02 |
| Obese | 0.31 | 0.16 | 1.91 | 0.06 |
| Patient Payer | ||||
| Commercial | – | – | – | – |
| Medicaid | 0.99 | 0.23 | 4.30 | < 0.01 |
| Medicare | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.44 | 0.66 |
| Medicare Managed Care | 0.21 | 0.20 | 1.08 | 0.28 |
| Self-Pay/Uninsured | 0.47 | 0.28 | 1.67 | 0.10 |
| Patient Region | ||||
| Northeast Florida | – | – | – | – |
| Central Florida | 0.56 | 0.22 | 2.59 | 0.01 |
| Northwest Florida | − 0.27 | 0.29 | − 0.95 | 0.34 |
| South Florida | − 0.08 | 0.27 | − 0.28 | 0.78 |
| Southeast Florida | 0.71 | 0.22 | 3.20 | 0.01 |
| Southwest Florida | 0.49 | 0.22 | 2.27 | 0.02 |
| West Central Florida | 0.47 | 0.22 | 2.12 | 0.03 |
| Urban | − 0.07 | 0.25 | − 0.28 | 0.78 |
| Year | ||||
| 2015 | – | – | – | – |
| 2016 | − 0.40 | 0.21 | − 1.96 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | − 0.57 | 0.21 | − 2.69 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | − 0.76 | 0.21 | − 3.57 | 0.01 |
| Open surgery | 1.23 | 0.11 | 10.95 | < 0.01 |