National Cohort Study of Resource Utilization in Older Adults With Emergency General Surgery Conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prior 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.

Methods

Patient 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.

Results

One 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 operati

SUBMITTER: Hatchimonji JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10330654 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature