Table 3

Short-term postoperative outcomes by surgical setting.

Outcome	Cohorts			Comparison P Values
Outcome	Outpatient	Inpatient	Preprocedure Hospitalization	Outpatient vs Inpatient	Outpatient vs Preprocedure Hospitalized
Total, n (%)	1023 (61.1%)	503 (30.0%)	149 (8.9%)
Mortality, %	0.68	0.60	2.68	0.842	0.018
Sepsis, %	0.10	1.19	1.34	0.0029	0.005
Cardiovascular, %
Myocardial infarction	0	0.40	0	0.044	N/A
Pulmonary, %
Unplanned intubation	0.10	0.20	0.67	0.608	0.113
Pneumonia	0.20	0.60	4.03	0.198	<0.001
Renal, %
Acute renal failure	0.10	0.20	0.67	0.608	0.113
Progressive renal insufficiency	0	0.20	0	0.154	N/A
Hospital-acquired conditions, %
Wound infection	0.10	0	0	0.483	0.703
Wound dehiscence	0.10	0	0	0.483	0.703
Urinary tract infection	0.98	1.99	4.03	0.103	0.003
Deep venous thrombosis	0.10	0	0.67	0.483	0.113
Pulmonary embolism	0.29	0.40	0	0.737	0.508
Other, %
Transfusion, perioperative	0	0.60	0.67	0.013	0.009
Readmission	6.26	6.76	12.08	0.706	0.009
Reoperation	2.93	3.18	1.34	0.790	0.266
Discharge destination, %				<0.001	<0.001
Home	99.32	93.44	59.73
Facility	0.59	5.77	40.27
Unknown	0.10	0.80	0