Application of Community Detection Methods to Identify Emergency General Surgery-Specific Regional Networks.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There is growing interest in developing coordinated regional systems for nontraumatic surgical emergencies; however, our understanding of existing emergency general surgery (EGS) care communities is limited.

Objective

To apply network analysis methods to delineate EGS care regions and compare the performance of this method with the Dartmouth Health Referral Regions (HRRs).

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study was conducted using the 2019 California and New York state emergency department and inpatient databases. Eligible participants included all adult patients with a nonelective admission for common EGS conditions. Interhospital transfers (IHTs) were identified by transfer indicators or temporally adjacent hospitalizations at 2 diff

SUBMITTER: Han J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11581592 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature