Emergency Department Utilization Following Hepatopancreatic Surgery Among Medicare Beneficiaries.
Alessandro ParoDjhenne DalmacyJ Madison HyerTimothy M PawlikPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2021)
More than 1 in 4 patients undergoing hepatopancreatic surgery presented to the ED within 30 days of discharge, with most patients returning to the ED within the first week of discharge. A subset of patients had multiple ED visits. Future efforts should target patients most likely to be high ED utilizers to avoid the need for early post-discharge ED use.