Understanding Pediatric Surgery Cancellation: Geospatial Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Day-of-surgery cancellation (DoSC) represents a substantial wastage of hospital resources and can cause significant inconvenience to patients and families. Cancellation is reported to impact between 2% and 20% of the 50 million procedures performed annually in American hospitals. Up to 85% of cancellations may be amenable to the modification of patients' and families' behaviors. However, the factors underlying DoSC and the barriers experienced by families are not well understood.

Objective

This study aims to conduct a geospatial analysis of patient-specific variables from electronic health records (EHRs) of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) and of Texas Children's Hospital (TCH), as well as linked socioeconomic factors measured at the census tr

SUBMITTER: Liu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8463951 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature