Interspecialty Variation in Perioperative Health Care Resource Usage for Carpal Tunnel Release.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We investigated whether any interspecialty variation exists, regarding perioperative health care resource usage, in carpal tunnel releases (CTRs).

Methods

The 2010 to 2021 PearlDiver Mariner Database, an all-payer claims database, was queried to identify patients undergoing primary CTRs. Physician specialty IDs were used to identify the specialty of the surgeon-orthopedic versus plastic versus general surgery versus neurosurgery. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify whether there was any interspecialty variation between the use of health care resources.

Results

A total of 908 671 patients undergoing CTRs were included, of which 556 339 (61.2%) were by orthopedic surgeons, 297 047 (32.7%) by plastic surgeons, 44 118 (4.9%) by neuros

SUBMITTER: Malik AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11571571 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature