Cohort analysis of outcomes in 69 490 emergency general surgical admissions across an international benchmarking collaborative

Conclusions
Key factors that influence outcomes were identified. For patients who underwent surgery, outcomes were similar at 7 days but not at 30 days. This may be attributable to better infrastructure and resource allocation towards EGS in the US and Australian centres.

Source: BMJ Open - March 7, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Chana, P., Joy, M., Casey, N., Chang, D., Burns, E. M., Arora, S., Darzi, A. W., Faiz, O. D., Peden, C. J. Tags: Open access, Global health, Health policy, Health services research, Surgery Source Type: research