Insurance status is associated with complex presentation among emergency general surgery patients

• Published in: Surgery Vol. 161; no. 2; pp. 320 - 328
• Main Authors: Scott, John W., MD, MPH, Havens, Joaquim M., MD, Wolf, Lindsey L., MD, Zogg, Cheryl K., MSPH, MHS, Rose, John A., MD, MPH, Salim, Ali, MD, Haider, Adil H., MD, MPH
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Databases, Factual; Emergency Service, Hospital - economics; Emergency Service, Hospital - utilization; Emergency Treatment - economics; Female; General Surgery - economics; General Surgery - methods; Health Services Accessibility - economics; Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Insurance Coverage; Logistic Models; Male; Medically Uninsured - statistics & numerical data; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - economics; Patient Safety; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Socioeconomic Factors; Surgery; United States; Young Adult

Background The Affordable Care Act has the potential to significantly affect access to care for previously uninsured patients in need of emergency general surgical care. Our objective was to determine the relationship between insurance status and disease complexity at presentation among a national s...