Odds of having surgery for non-surgical centre patients and surgical centre patients by surgical centre catchment population (n=95 818)
| Patients first seen in a non-surgical centre (n=71 777) | Patients first seen in a surgical centre (n=24 041) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical centre lung cancer catchment population (n) | No. of patients (%) | No. of patients with surgery (%) | No. of patients (%) | No. of patients with surgery (%) | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI)ठ|
| <400 | 3122 (41) | 414 (13) | 4444 (59) | 708 (16) | 1.23 (1.08 to 1.41) | 0.98 (0.80 to 1.20) |
| 400–700 | 11 392 (73) | 1344 (12) | 4189 (27) | 585 (14) | 1.21 (1.09 to 1.34) | 1.02 (0.88 to 1.18) |
| 700–1100 | 23 564 (71) | 2820 (12) | 9445 (29) | 1644 (17) | 1.55 (1.45 to 1.65) | 1.46 (1.33 to 1.61) |
| >1100 | 33 699 (85) | 4161 (12) | 5963 (15) | 1083 (18) | 1.57 (1.46 to 1.69) | 1.52 (1.37 to 1.68) |
| Overall | 71 777 (75) | 8739 (12) | 24 041 (25) | 4020 (17) | 1.44 (1.39 to 1.50) | 1.35 (1.27 to 1.43) |
‡Adjusted for age, sex, performance status, stage, comorbidity, ethnicity, source of referral, socioeconomic status and number of cardiothoracic surgeons.
§Comparison between patients first seen at a surgical centre and those first seen at a non-surgical centre within the same group of lung cancer catchment population.