2019
Association of Medicaid Expansion Policy with Outcomes in Homeless Patients Requiring Emergency General Surgery
Manzano‐Nunez R, Zogg CK, Bhulani N, McCarty JC, Herrera‐Escobar J, Lu K, Andriotti T, Uribe‐Leitz T, de Jager E, Jarman MP, Haider AH, Ortega G. Association of Medicaid Expansion Policy with Outcomes in Homeless Patients Requiring Emergency General Surgery. World Journal Of Surgery 2019, 43: 1483-1489. PMID: 30706104, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-019-04932-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgeryNon-expansion statesMedical adviceHomeless patientsSurgical complicationsMedicaid expansionHospital chargesGeneral surgeryLower oddsPrimary EGS diagnosesHome healthcareMultivariable logistic regressionExpansion statesLength of stayNon-Medicaid expansion statesState Inpatient DatabasesMedicaid expansion statesMultivariable quantile regressionEGS proceduresClinical eventsEGS diagnosesInpatient DatabaseHomeless individualsHigher oddsNon-significant difference
2015
National estimates of predictors of outcomes for emergency general surgery
Shah AA, Haider AH, Zogg CK, Schwartz DA, Haut ER, Zafar SN, Schneider EB, Velopulos CG, Shafi S, Zafar H, Efron DT. National estimates of predictors of outcomes for emergency general surgery. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2015, 78: 482-491. PMID: 25710417, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000000555.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgeryEGS patientsMajor complicationsGeneral surgeryMultivariate logistic regression analysisOverall complication ratePredictors of mortalityClinical Modification codesOverall mortality rateNationwide Inpatient SampleSeparate multivariate logistic regression analysesSurgery of TraumaDRG International ClassificationLogistic regression analysisHighest income quartileHospital complicationsHospital mortalityComplication ratePatient demographicsSurgical complicationsIndependent predictorsPrimary outcomeEGS conditionsMean ageInpatient Sample