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Key Words: 30-day mortality, 90-day mortality, quality metrics, hospital ranking, lung cancer surgery, National Cancer Database (NCDB)
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TABLE E1. Three variables with missingness were imputed. The
percent missing in each of endoderm variables are shown
Number missing (%)
Facility type
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TABLE E2. Comparison of 30-day mortality generalized logistic model using completed imputed data set compared with the original data set where patients with missingness in facility type, median income, and urban versus rural location variables are dropped
30-d Mortality imputed
30-d Mortality without imputation
Variable
OR
LL
UL
OR
LL
UL
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Sex
Female
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Male
Race
White
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Black
Comorbidities
Insurance status
Not insured
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Private insurance
Medicaid
Medicare
Other government insurance
Unknown
Income
Median income quartiles
Year of diagnosis
Primary site*
C340—Main bronchus
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C348—Overlapping
C349—Not otherwise specified
Analytic stage
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III
IV
Occult
Unknown
Histology
1—Adenocarcinoma
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3—Carcinoid
Grade
(Continued)
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TABLE E2. Continued
30-d Mortality imputed
30-d Mortality without imputation
Variable
OR
LL
UL
OR
LL
UL
Neoadjuvant therapy
No
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Facility type
Community
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