Resource utilization and outcomes in emergency general surgery during the COVID19 pandemic: An observational cost analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the course of the COVID19 pandemic, global healthcare delivery has declined. Surgery is one of the most resource-intensive area of medicine; loss of surgical care has had untold health and economic consequences. Herein, we evaluate resource utilization, outcomes, and healthcare costs associated with unplanned surgery admissions during the height of the pandemic in 2020 versus the same period in 2019.

Methods

Retrospective analysis on patients ≥18 years admitted from the emergency department to General & Digestive and Gastrointestinal Surgery Services between February and May 2019 and 2020 at our center; clinical outcomes and unadjusted and adjusted per-person healthcare costs were analyzed.

Results

Consults and admissions to surgery declined between Fe

SUBMITTER: Hessheimer AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8213049 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature