2022
The extent to which geography explains one of trauma’s troubling trends: Insurance-based differences in appropriate interfacility transfer
Zogg CK, Schuster KM, Maung AA, Davis KA. The extent to which geography explains one of trauma’s troubling trends: Insurance-based differences in appropriate interfacility transfer. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2022, 93: 686-694. PMID: 35293375, PMCID: PMC9470786, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000003605.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNontrauma centersEmergency departmentMajor injuriesTrauma centerSignificant geographic variationInsurance-based differencesRisk-adjusted oddsLarge trauma centersNeighborhood socioeconomic disadvantageHierarchical logistic regressionInsured adultsTransfer patientsInsurance statusInterfacility transferStratified analysisED claimsUninsured adultsLevel IIISecondary objectiveTriage patternsDeprived populationsLogistic regressionInjurySocioeconomic disadvantageAdmission differences
2019
High-performance acute care hospitals: Excelling across multiple emergency general surgery operations in the geriatric patient.
DeWane MP, Sukumar N, Stolar MJ, Gill TM, Maung AA, Schuster KM, Davis KA, Becher RD. High-performance acute care hospitals: Excelling across multiple emergency general surgery operations in the geriatric patient. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2019, 87: 140-146. PMID: 31259872, PMCID: PMC7656193, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002273.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommon EGS operationsEmergency general surgeryOlder patientsGeriatric patientsEmergency general surgery operationsEGS operationsCalifornia State Inpatient DatabaseGeneral surgery hospitalsPatients 65 yearsRisk-adjusted mortalitySurvival rates 1State Inpatient DatabasesGeneral surgery operationsClusters of hospitalsOperation typeHospital performanceEGS patientsSurgery HospitalInpatient DatabaseGroup of hospitalsGeriatric populationGeneral surgeryPatientsHospitalLevel III