Effect of Transfer Status on Outcomes of Emergency General Surgery Patients

Transferred emergency general surgery (EGS) patients are a vulnerable, high acuity population. The outcomes of and health care utilization among transferred (TRAN) as compared to directly admitted (DA) patients have been studied primarily using single institution or hospital system data which limits generalizability. We evaluated these outcomes among EGS patients using a national database.

Source: Surgery - May 22, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Jennifer L. Philip, Dou-Yan Yang, Xing Wang, Sara Fernandes-Taylor, Bret M. Hanlon, Jessica Schumacher, Megan C. Saucke, Jeffrey Havlena, Heena P. Santry, Angela M. Ingraham Source Type: research