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Table 3 Characteristics of cohorts

From: Socioeconomic differences in waiting times for elective surgery: a population-based retrospective study

 

CABG

Angioplasty

Coronarography

Endoarterectomy

Hip replacement

Cholecystectomy

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

Education

Low education

1896

49.1

3207

43.2

9375

46.2

1947

63.1

7257

54.7

4757

33.8

Middle education

1124

29.1

2277

30.7

5987

29.5

692

22.4

3882

29.3

5366

38.1

High education

842

21.8

1944

26.2

4948

24.4

448

14.5

2121

16.0

3960

28.1

Gender

Male

2908

75.3

5719

77.0

13983

68.8

2115

68.5

5580

42.1

5407

38.4

Female

954

24.7

1709

23.0

6327

31.2

972

31.5

7680

57.9

8676

61.6

Age groups

<55

329

8.5

791

10.6

2419

11.9

67

2.2

1391

10.5

6041

42.9

55-64

861

22.3

1897

25.5

4965

24.4

404

13.1

2450

18.5

3140

22.3

65-74

1610

41.7

2949

39.7

7980

39.3

1290

41.8

5162

38.9

3368

23.9

>74

1062

27.5

1791

24.1

4946

24.4

1326

43.0

4257

32.1

1534

10.9

CCI

0

2712

70.2

4494

60.5

14136

69.6

2165

70.1

12477

94.1

12561

89.2

1

761

19.7

2253

30.3

4811

23.7

645

20.9

629

4.7

946

6.7

2+

389

10.1

681

9.2

1363

6.7

277

9.0

154

1.2

576

4.1

Year of registration

<2006

72

1.9

102

1.4

291

1.4

115

3.7

1567

11.8

610

4.3

2006

1267

32.8

2368

31.9

6583

32.4

1046

33.9

4342

32.7

4656

33.1

2007

1304

33.8

2432

32.7

6740

33.2

983

31.8

4273

32.2

4803

34.1

2008

1219

31.6

2526

34.0

6696

33.0

943

30.5

3078

23.2

4014

28.5

Location

LHA - City of Turin

261

6.8

2355

31.7

4747

23.4

375

12.1

2129

16.1

1971

14.0

LHA - Province of Turin

  

511

6.9

900

4.4

119

3.9

1306

9.8

1961

13.9

LHA - Eastern Piedmont

615

15.9

734

9.9

3102

15.3

105

3.4

1258

9.5

1230

8.7

LHA - Southern Piedmont

  

158

2.1

581

2.9

57

1.8

2584

19.5

1594

11.3

LHA - Northern Piedmont

922

23.9

1049

14.1

3842

18.9

395

12.8

2151

16.2

3060

21.7

HT – City of Turin

742

19.2

1509

20.3

3275

16.1

1055

34.2

1651

12.5

2477

17.6

HT - Piedmont Region

1322

34.2

1112

15.0

3863

19.0

981

31.8

770

5.8

921

6.5

Other Hospitals

        

1411

10.6

869

6.2

Total

3862

100.0

7428

100.0

20310

100.0

3087

100.0

13260

100.0

14083

100.0

  1. CABG = Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, CCI = Charlson Comorbidity Index, LHA = Local Health Authority, HT = Health Trust.