The Importance of Safety-Net Hospitals in Emergency General Surgery.

Volume: 22, Issue: 12, Pages: 2064 - 2071
Published: Jul 23, 2018
Abstract
Safety-net hospitals provide care to an inherently underprivileged patient population. These hospitals have previously been shown to have inferior surgical outcomes after complex, elective procedures, but little is known about how hospital payer-mix correlates with outcomes after more common, emergent operations. The University HealthSystem Consortium database was queried for all emergency general surgery procedures performed from 2009 to 2015....
Paper Details
Title
The Importance of Safety-Net Hospitals in Emergency General Surgery.
Published Date
Jul 23, 2018
Volume
22
Issue
12
Pages
2064 - 2071
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