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Table 4 Post-operative length of stay pre and post-ERP

From: Patients undergoing colorectal surgery at a Veterans Affairs Hospital do not experience racial disparity in length of stay either before or after implementing an enhanced recovery pathway

 

Pre-ERP

ERP

 

Overall (N = 314)

Black (n = 110)

White (n = 193)

p

Overall (N = 103)

Black (n = 36)

White (n = 63)

p

Overall p

Median, IQR

6 (4.0–9.0)

6 (4.0–9.0)

6 (4.0–9.0)

0.976

4 (3.0–6.5)

4 (3.0–8.5)

4 (2.5–6.0)

0.6122

0.001

Mean, SD

8.4 (8.4)

8.5 (8.2)

8.0 (7.3)

0.607

5.8 (5.3)

6.7 (6.2)

5.1 (4.4)

0.1382

0.003

  1. All data represented as n (column %) unless otherwise specified
  2. “Overall” includes non-black, non-white patients and those whose race is unknown
  3. IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation