Mortality and Health Care Utilization Among Medicare Patients Undergoing Emergency General Surgery vs Those With Acute Medical Conditions | Zendy

Katherine C. Lee | Zendy; Daniel J. Sturgeon | Zendy; Stuart R. Lipsitz | Zendy; Joel S. Weissman | Zendy; Susan L. Mitchell | Zendy; Zara Cooper | Zendy

Open Access

Mortality and Health Care Utilization Among Medicare Patients Undergoing Emergency General Surgery vs Those With Acute Medical Conditions

Author(s) -

Katherine C. Lee,

Daniel J. Sturgeon,

Stuart R. Lipsitz,

Joel S. Weissman,

Susan L. Mitchell,

Zara Cooper

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

jama surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 2168-6262

pISSN - 2168-6254

DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.5087

Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , colectomy , comorbidity , retrospective cohort study , intensive care unit , emergency medicine , myocardial infarction , population , intensive care medicine , general surgery , surgery , disease , ulcerative colitis , environmental health

Emergency general surgery (EGS) represents 11% of hospitalizations, and almost half of these hospitalized patients are older adults. Older adults have high rates of mortality and readmissions after EGS, yet little is known as to how these outcomes compare with acute medical conditions that have been targets for quality improvement.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research