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Table 4 Anesthesia statistics (n = 723)

From: The exploration of medical resources utilization among inguinal hernia repair in Taiwan diagnosis-related groups

Variable

Public Hospitals

Medical Care Corporation Hospitals

Non-Profit Proprietary Hospitals

p a

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

No. of patients

315

 

254

 

154

  

Anesthesia

      

<0.001

Local anesthesia

23

7.3

1

0.4

0

0.0

 

Spinal anesthesia

1

0.3

232

91.3

127

82.5

 

Epidural anesthesia

20

6.3

0

0.0

1

0.6

 

General anesthesia

271

86.0

21

8.3

26

16.9

 
  1. aStatistical significance was calculated using a x 2 test