Impact of consolidation of cases on post-operative outcomes for index pediatric surgery cases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effect of the consolidation of neonatal pediatric surgical cases to limited surgeons within a hospital is unknown. We elected to model the distribution of complex neonatal procedures using an economic measure of market concentration, the Herfindahl-Hirschmann Index (HHI), and study its effect on outcomes of index pediatric surgical operations.

Methods

We used data from 49 US children's hospitals between 2007 and 2017 for the following procedures: congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair (CDH), esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula repair (EA/TEF), and pull-through for Hirschsprung disease (HD). Mixed effects logistic regression modeling was used to adjust for salient patient characteristics to determine the effect of HHI on in-hospital mortality, cond

SUBMITTER: Pruitt LCC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7780551 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature