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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: The cost-effectiveness of an outpatient anesthesia consultation clinic before surgery: a matched Hong Kong cohort study

Characteristics

Clinic group

Conventional group

P-value

 

(n = 176)

(n = 176)

 

Age, median (IQR), years

44 (28 to 59)

45 (26 to 59)

0.87

Women, number (%)

63 (35.8)

67 (38.1)

0.68

Education level, number (%)

  

0.20

No formal education

16 (9.1)

10 (5.7)

 

Primary

36 (20.5)

42 (23.9)

 

Secondary

74 (42.0)

67 (38.1)

 

College

18 (10.2)

14 (7.9)

 

University

32 (18.2)

43 (24.4)

 

Work status, number (%)

  

0.54

Student

16

20

 

Retired

35

44

 

Employed

87

75

 

Self-employed

9

9

 

Unemployed

7

11

 

Housewife

22

17

 

Income level (US$ per month)

  

0.06

<$1,285

103

123

 

$1,286 to $3,856

65

44

 

>$3,857

7

8

 

Magnitude of surgery, number. (%)

  

0.29

Minor

8 (4.5)

12 (6.8)

 

Intermediate

26 (14.8)

21 (11.9)

 

Major

48 (27.3)

44 (25.0)

 

Ultramajor

94 (53.4)

99 (56.3)

 

ASA physical status grade, number (%)

  

0.15

I

114 (64.8)

105 (59.7)

 

II

56 (31.8)

60 (34.0)

 

III/IV

6 (3.4)

11 (6.3)

 

Duration of anesthesia, mean (SD), minutes

114 (45)

115 (44)

0.88