Acute Care Surgery in Singapore has improved timeliness of care by reducing time to intervention by 30-40% and shortening hospital stays by 1-2 days while sustaining improvements in morbidity and mortality.
Do Acute Care Surgery (ACS) models improve outcomes and efficiency for emergency general surgery and trauma patients?
The implementation of Acute Care Surgery models in Singapore has improved emergency surgical care delivery, but requires national credentialing and workforce planning for long-term sustainability.
Effect estimate: 30-40% reduction in time to intervention, 1-2 days shorter hospital stays
ACS has improved the delivery of emergency and trauma surgery in Singapore. To sustain these gains, national credentialing, workforce planning, and structured training frameworks are required to secure ACS as a core part of the surgical system.
Mathur et al. (Fri,) conducted a other in Acute Care Surgery and Emergency General Surgery. Acute Care Surgery models was evaluated on Time to intervention, duration of hospital stay, morbidity and mortality rates (30-40% reduction in time to intervention, 1-2 days shorter hospital stays). Acute Care Surgery in Singapore has improved timeliness of care by reducing time to intervention by 30-40% and shortening hospital stays by 1-2 days while sustaining improvements in morbidity and mortality.