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Table 1 Patient Characteristics Across Hospitals

From: Assessing the quality of shared decision making for elective orthopedic surgery across a large healthcare system: cross-sectional survey study

Variable

Hospital 1 (n = 212)

Hospital 2 (n = 212)

Hospital 3 (n = 85)

Hospital 4 (n = 137)

Overall (n = 646)

Age M (SD)

66 (11)

63 (12)

64 (11)

65 (11)

65 (11)

White, non Hispanic

91%

92%

95%

96%

93%

Female

56%

54%

44%

47%

52%

TJR surgery (vs Spine)

67%

63%

36%

72%

63%

Number of Surgeonsa

15

14

6

9

36

Prescribed decision aid

9%

16%

16%

24%

15%

  1. M Mean, SD Standard deviation, TJR Total joint replacement.
  2. a7 surgeons operated at more than one hospital, 1 surgeon operated on hip, knee and spine patients