ArticleTrauma surgery & acute care open2019
Pro-con debate on regionalization of emergency general surgery: controversy or common sense?
Article in Trauma surgery & acute care open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Evaluation of an Automated Software Method Versus a Delphi Process to Translate Emergency General Surgery ICD Diagnosis Codes: Lost in Translation.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2025Article
- Surgical Perspectives of Open vs. Laparoscopic Approaches to Lateral Pancreaticojejunostomy: A Comprehensive Review.Cureus · 2024Review
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- Assessment of Hospital Characteristics and Interhospital Transfer Patterns of Adults With Emergency General Surgery Conditions.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Detecting Hospital Outliers in Post-Pancreatectomy Care Using Funnel Plots from 2009-2018 Based on Nationwide Medico-Administrative Data.World journal of surgery · 2021Article
- Factors associated with Interhospital transfers of emergency general surgery patients from emergency departments.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Benchmarking the value of care: Variability in hospital costs for common operations and its association with procedure volume.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2020Article
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Abstract
More than three million patients every year develop emergency general surgical (EGS) conditions and this number is rising. EGS diseases range from straightforward to potentially life-threatening, and if severe or complex may require extensive resources. Given the looming surgeon shortage and concerns about access to care, regionalization of EGS care, in a manner similar to trauma care, has been proposed. We present a unique pro-con debate highlighting the salient arguments for and against regionalization of EGS care in the USA.
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