ArticleThe Journal of surgical research2023
National Cohort Study of Resource Utilization in Older Adults With Emergency General Surgery Conditions.
Article in The Journal of surgical research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- An Assessment of Hospital Performance in Emergency General Surgery Using Direct and Indirect Standardization.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2026Article
- Quick Cuts: Surgeon Tendency to Operate in Emergency General Surgery.The Journal of surgical research · 2025Article
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Abstract
introductionPrior studies have sought to describe Emergency General Surgery (EGS) burden, but a detailed description of resource utilization for both operative and nonoperative management of EGS conditions has not been undertaken.
methodsPatient and hospital characteristics were extracted from Medicare data, 2015-2018. Operations, nonsurgical procedures, and other resources (i.e., radiology) were defined using Current Procedural Terminology codes.
resultsOne million eight hundred two thousand five hundred forty-five patients were included in the cohort. The mean age was 74.7 y and the most common diagnoses were upper gastrointestinal. The majority of hospitals were metropolitan (75.1%). Therapeutic radiology services were available in 78.4% of hospitals and operating rooms or endoscopy suites were available in 92.5% of hospitals. There was variability in resource utilization across EGS subconditions, with hepatobiliary (26.4%) and obstruction (23.9%) patients most frequently undergoing operation.
conclusionsTreatment of EGS diseases in older adults involves several interventional resources. Changes in EGS models, acute care surgery training, and interhospital care coordination may be beneficial to the treatment of EGS patients.
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