Cost of operating room time for endovascular transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Figures & data

Table 1. Facility and patient characteristics for patients undergoing primary endovascular TAVR in Premier Database from January 2015 to June 2016.

Number of beds	n (%)
Facility characteristics
0–99	42 (0.92%)
100–199	16 (0.35%)
200–299	247 (5.40%)
300–399	840 (18.37%)
400–499	761 (16.64%)
500+	2,667 (58.32%)
Region
Midwest	553 (12.09%)
Northeast	831 (18.17%)
South	2,524 (55.19%)
West	665 (14.54%)
Setting
Urban	4,447 (97.24%)
Non-Urban	126 (2.76%)
Patient characteristics
Age (years)
Mean (SD)	80.06 (7.91)
Female Sex	2,203 (48.21%)
Ethnicity
Caucasian	4,095 (90.12%)
Black	162 (3.57%)
Other	287 (6.32%)
Charlson Comorbidity Index
Mean (SD)	2.73 (1.55)
Admission Type
Elective	3,502 (76.60%)
Emergency	322 (7.04%)
Urgent	748 (16.36%)
Type of Insurance
Commercial	199 (4.35%)
Medicaid	89 (1.95%)
Medicare	4,171 (91.21%)
Other	114 (2.49%)
Discharge Status
Home	2,079 (45.46%)
Home care	1,388 (30.35%)
Skilled Nursing Facility	689 (15.07%)
Inpatient Rehabilitation	225 (4.92%)
Dead	117 (2.56%)
Other	75 (1.64%)

Data are presented as the number of instances and percentage of total unless otherwise stated.

Abbreviations. TAVR, Transcatheter aortic valve replacement; SD, Standard deviation.

Figure 1. Operating room variable cost per minute stratified by (a) Charlson Comorbidity Index and (b) Elixhauser Risk Score.