Hospital Quality Mediates Impact of Care Fragmentation Following Elective Colectomy

CONCLUSIONS: Care fragmentation was associated with greater morbidity and resource utilization at readmission following elective colectomy. Further, rehospitalization at non-index LQH conferred significantly inferior outcomes. Novel efforts are needed to improve continuity of care.PMID:38659168 | DOI:10.1177/00031348241248795

Source: The American Surgeon - April 25, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Sara Sakowitz Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar Saad Mallick Nam Yong Cho Shineui Kim Nguyen K Le Hanjoo Lee Peyman Benharash Source Type: research