Association of hospital profit status with operative rates for acute appendicitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although appendicitis can now be treated nonoperatively, the uptake of nonoperative management of appendicitis (NOM) has been slow. We explored patient and hospital factors that might explain variation in appendectomy and NOM rates.

Methods

All adult hospitalizations for appendicitis were tabulated from the 2019-2022 Nationwide Readmissions Database. Initial, exploratory analyses revealed that appendectomy rates were lower in not-for-profit (NFP) relative to for-profit (FP) hospitals. Bayesian logistic regression and Fairlie decomposition were employed to explain the bases for these differences.

Results

There were 4394 NFP and 818 FP hospitals. When compared with FP facilities, NFP hospitals had a smaller proportion of appendicitis cases treated by appendec

SUBMITTER: Ali K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12540028 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature