Trends in emergency department utilization following common operations in New York State, 2005-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

ED overutilization is a leading cause of increased healthcare costs and a key target for healthcare reform. ED utilization patterns following common operative procedures are unknown.

Methods

Using the SPARCS New York (NY) statewide longitudinal administrative database, a longitudinal analysis on 746,633 patients who underwent cholecystectomy (n = 355,368), appendectomy (n = 142,797) or inguinal hernia repair (n = 248,468) from 2005 to 2014 was performed. ED revisits were identified via unique patient identifiers which allow for patient tracking across hospitals in NY State.

Results

In total, 59,255 (7.9%) patients presented to the ED within 30-days of their operation of which 21,638 (36.5%) were admitted. The aggregated rate of ED utilization and admission

SUBMITTER: Brown CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6954989 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature