National Cohort Study of Resource Utilization in Older Adults With Emergency General Surgery Conditions

Overview

Journal J Surg Res

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2023 Jun 17

PMID 37329626

Authors

Justin S Hatchimonji

Catherine L Mavroudis

Ari Friedman

Elinore J Kaufman

Solomiya Syvyk

Christopher J Wirtalla

Luke Keele

Patrick M Reilly

Rachel R Kelz

Affiliations

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Abstract

Introduction: Prior studies have sought to describe Emergency General Surgery (EGS) burden, but a detailed description of resource utilization for both operative and nonoperative management of EGS conditions has not been undertaken.

Methods: Patient and hospital characteristics were extracted from Medicare data, 2015-2018. Operations, nonsurgical procedures, and other resources (i.e., radiology) were defined using Current Procedural Terminology codes.

Results: One million eight hundred two thousand five hundred forty-five patients were included in the cohort. The mean age was 74.7 y and the most common diagnoses were upper gastrointestinal. The majority of hospitals were metropolitan (75.1%). Therapeutic radiology services were available in 78.4% of hospitals and operating rooms or endoscopy suites were available in 92.5% of hospitals. There was variability in resource utilization across EGS subconditions, with hepatobiliary (26.4%) and obstruction (23.9%) patients most frequently undergoing operation.

Conclusions: Treatment of EGS diseases in older adults involves several interventional resources. Changes in EGS models, acute care surgery training, and interhospital care coordination may be beneficial to the treatment of EGS patients.

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