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
2016
Unplanned 30-day readmissions in orthopaedic trauma
Metcalfe D, Olufajo OA, Zogg CK, Rios-Diaz A, Harris M, Weaver MJ, Haider AH, Salim A. Unplanned 30-day readmissions in orthopaedic trauma. Injury 2016, 47: 1794-1797. PMID: 27262770, DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2016.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedCaliforniaChildChild, PreschoolComorbidityFemaleHumansInfantMaleMiddle AgedOrthopedic ProceduresPatient ReadmissionPostoperative ComplicationsQuality Indicators, Health CareRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsSurgical Wound InfectionTime FactorsWounds and InjuriesYoung AdultConceptsTrauma patientsCharlson Comorbidity IndexOverall readmission rateOrthopaedic trauma patientsPrimary outcome measureHospital quality metricsUnplanned readmission riskTrauma readmissionsComorbidity indexInitial hospitalizationReadmission ratesHospital readmissionPatient factorsProcedural complicationsTrauma admissionsMale sexReadmission riskSpinal fracturesCardiopulmonary diseaseBlack racePrimary diagnosisAcute hospitalsMusculoskeletal problemsObservational studyMedical advice