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Table 1 Characteristics of Veterans Health Administration patient receiving OSS 1 procedures without general anesthesia in fiscal year 2019

From: Frequency and costs of low-value preoperative tests for patients undergoing low-risk procedures in the veterans health administration

Patient characteristics (%)

Any preop-test

 

No

92,448 (51.7)

Yes

86,327 (48.3)

Total

178,775a

Age, mean (SD)

65.5 (15.0)

68.3 (12.3)

66.9 (13.8)

Gender, No. (%)

 Male

83,029 (50.9)

80,236 (49.1)

163,265 (91.3)

 Female

9419 (60.7)

6091 (39.3)

15,510 (8.7)

Race/ethnicity, No. (%)

 Native American

676 (53.9)

579 (46.1)

1254 (0.7)

 Asian

663 58.0)

480 (42.0)

1143 (0.6)

 Black

16,371 (49.4)

16,789 (50.6)

33,160 (18.5)

 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander

724 (50.8)

700 (49.2)

1424 (0.8)

 White

69,240 (52.1)

63,662 (47.9)

132,902 (74.3)

 Missing

4774 (53.7)

4118 (46.3)

8892 (5.0)

Marital status, No. (%)

 Married

47,703 (51.9)

44,263 (48.1)

91,966 (51.4)

 Not married

44,745 (51.5)

42,064 (48.5)

86,806 (48.6)

Service connection

 Less than 50%

52,707 (51.6)

49,358 (48.4)

102,065 (57.1)

 More than 50%

39,741 (51.8)

36,969 (48.2)

76,710 (42.9)

Past year elixhauser comorbidities, No. (%)

 Congestive heart failure

6732 (31.4)

14,728 (68.6)

21,460 (12.0)

 AIDS

495 (39.1)

772 (60.9)

1267 (0.7)

 Cardiac arrhythmia

13,972 (37.4)

23,340 (62.6)

37,312 (20.9)

 Pulmonary circulation disorders

1631 (28.1)

4183 (71.9)

5814 (3.2)

 Peripheral vascular disease

10,434 (39.2)

16,197 (60.8)

26,631 (14.9)

 Hypertension

49,644 (46.2)

57,685 (53.7)

107,329 (60.0)

 Hypertension with complications

8221 (31.4)

17,926 (68.6)

26,147 (14.6)

 Paralysis

1587 (42.8)

2123 (57.2)

3710 (2.1)

 Other neurological disorders

5821 (40.0)

8766 (60.0)

14,587 (8.2)

 Chronic pulmonary disease

17243 (41.1)

24,665 (28.9)

41,908 (23.4)

 Diabetes mellitus

22,651 (43.8)

29,070 (56.2)

51,721 (28.9)

 Diabetes mellitus with complications

17,726 (40.5)

26,055 (59.5)

43,781 (24.5)

 Hypothyroidism

6928 (44.4)

8664 (55.6)

15,592 (8.7)

 Renal failure

10,285 (33.5)

20,390 (66.5)

30,675 (17.2)

 Liver disease

5815 (38.0)

9479 (62.0)

15,294 (8.6)

 Peptic ulcer

502 (32.1)

1064 (67.9)

1566 (0.9)

 Lymphoma

748 (24.5)

2309 (75.5)

3057 (1.7)

 Metastatic cancer

1506 (21.9)

5379 (78.1)

6885 (3.9)

 Solid tumor w/o metastasis

25,998 (47.7)

28,483 (52.3)

54,481 (30.5)

 Rheumatoid arthritis

2191 (42.9)

2912 (57.1)

5103 (2.9)

 Coagulopathy

1950 (27.9)

5040 (72.1)

6990 (3.9)

 Obesity

15,790 (46.2)

18,363 (53.8)

34,153 (19.1)

 Weight loss

2912 (29.6)

6932 (70.4)

9844 (5.5)

 Fluid and electrolyte disorders

6378 (26.8)

17,383 (73.2)

23,761 (13.3)

 Blood loss anemia

731 (25.9)

2087 (74.1)

2818 (1.6)

 Deficiency anemia

4904 (32.9)

9998 (67.1)

14,902 (8.2)

 Alcohol abuse

2257 (35.4)

4114 (64.6)

6371 (3.6)

 Drug abuse

4445 (45.8)

5253 (54.1)

9698 (5.4)

 Psychosis

1602 (44.0)

2040 (56.0)

3642 (2.0)

 Depression

22,404 (48.0)

24,295 (52.0)

46,699 (26.1)

  1. aTotal represents 178,775 procedures (separated by at least 30 days) in 148,728 patients.