Variations in the Use of Outpatient Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Identification of factors associated with variation in outpatient surgery may further quality improvement efforts to safely reduce postoperative hospital length of stay nationally.

Objectives

To explore variation in the use of outpatient surgery, incorporating patient, geographic, and hospital factors.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cross-sectional study used deidentified administrative claims data from OptumLabs Data Warehouse. Participants included adults who underwent 1 of 10 general, urological, or gynecological operations between January 1, 2015, and June 30, 2021, in the US. Patients who underwent combined procedures or reoperations or had at least 15 Elixhauser comorbidities were excluded. Data were analyzed from July 26 to Dece

SUBMITTER: Zhang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12314726 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature