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Univariate analyses were conducted to compare the outpatient and inpatient cohorts. A propensity\u2010matching algorithm was used to ensure equal distribution of demographics and preoperative comorbidities.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Among the 4,368 parotidectomies examined, 2,915 (66.7%) were outpatient and 1,453 (33.3%) were inpatient. In the unmatched analysis, the inpatient group had higher rates of smokers (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), hypertension (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.003), and disseminated cancer (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.014). The outpatient group had higher rates of patients under age 40 years (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.015), females (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.016), and American Society of Anesthesiology class 1 and 2 (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). The total work relative value units (RVUs) were 17.01\u2009\u00b1\u20093.44 for the inpatient cohort and 16.19\u2009\u00b1\u20093.70 for the outpatient cohort (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Following propensity matching, 1,352 cases were selected for each cohort, with no significant differences in comorbidities. Total work RVU after matching was 16.90\u2009\u00b1\u20093.47 for the inpatient group and 16.75\u2009\u00b1\u20093.44 for the outpatient group (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.235). The matched inpatient cohort had increased rates of surgical complications (3.1% vs. 1.8%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.033), pneumonia (0.5% vs. 0.0%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.016), and overall complications (4.5% vs. 2.6%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.009).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Outpatient parotidectomies are associated with similar as well as decreased complication rates as compared to inpatient parotidectomies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Level of Evidence<\/jats:title><jats:p>4 <jats:italic>Laryngoscope<\/jats:italic>, 129:655\u2013661, 2019<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/lary.27358","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,16]],"date-time":"2018-10-16T13:00:43Z","timestamp":1539694843000},"page":"655-661","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Outpatient 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