Table 2 Associations between the number of ERAS programs and the number of ORs and the number of ERAS programs and the presence/absence of an anesthesia or surgery residency program
From: Types of surgical patients enrolled in enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs in the USA
Number of operating rooms (n=87) | Number of ERAS programs | Spearman’s Rho | |||
N | Mean ± SD | Min | Max | ||
1–10 | 26 | 2.6 ± 1.8 | 1 | 7 | Rho = 0.5, p<0.001 |
11–20 | 25 | 4.1 ± 2.8 | 1 | 10 | |
21–40 | 20 | 5.0 ± 3.0 | 1 | 12 | |
>40 | 16 | 6.4 ± 3.6 | 1 | 13 | |
Anesthesia and/or surgery residency program (n=86) | Number of ERAS programs | Wilcoxon rank sum | |||
N | Mean ± SD | Min | Max | ||
No | 35 | 2.3 ± 2.0 | 1 | 10 | p<0.001 |
Yes | 51 | 5.3 ± 3.2 | 1 | 13 | |