Surgeon factors but not hospital factors associated with length of stay after colorectal surgery - A population based study.
Zubair BayatErin Diane KennedyJ Charles VictorAnand GovindarajanPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2023)
Surgeon factors, including low surgeon volume and increasing years-in-practice, were strongly and independently associated with longer LOS, whereas hospital factors did not have an independent impact. This suggests that LOS is driven primarily by surgeon-mediated care processes and may provide actionable targets for provider-level interventions to reduce LOS after CRS.