Predictors of Emergency Room Visits After Ambulatory Breast Cancer Surgery in the Medicare Population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency department (ED) overuse is a large contributor to healthcare spending in the USA. We examined the rate of and risk factors for ED visits following outpatient breast cancer surgery.

Patients and methods

Using linked data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program and Medicare, we identified women who underwent curative breast cancer surgery between 2003 and 2015. Our outcome of interest was ED visits within 30 days of surgery. Multivariate regression was used to evaluate the odds of ED visit while controlling for clinical and socioeconomic variables. Secondary analyses assessed admission from the ED as well as costs.

Results

Of the 78,060 included patients, 5.1% returned to the ED, of which only 29.8% required hospital admi

SUBMITTER: Sun SX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11849779 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature