Factors associated with potentially avoidable interhospital transfers in emergency general surgery-A call for quality improvement efforts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency general surgery conditions are common, require urgent surgical evaluation, and are associated with high mortality and costs. Although appropriate interhospital transfers are critical to successful emergency general surgery care, the performance of emergency general surgery transfer systems remains unclear. We aimed to describe emergency general surgery transfer patterns and identify factors associated with potentially avoidable transfers.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of emergency general surgery episodes in 8 US states using the 2016 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient and Emergency Department Databases and the American Hospital Association Annual Surveys. We identified Emergency Department-to-Inpatient and Inpati

SUBMITTER: Teng CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8550996 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature