Why the study?
Does ambulatory surgery improve 30-day outcomes and reduce costs compared to inpatient-based care in appropriately selected patients undergoing elective general surgery?
Population
Appropriately selected patients across 4 common elective general surgery procedures
Comparison
Ambulatory surgery vs inpatient-based care
Follow-up
30-day
Authors
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May support ambulatory pathways in selected elective cases; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Does ambulatory surgery improve 30-day outcomes and reduce costs compared to inpatient-based care in appropriately selected patients undergoing elective general surgery?
Ambulatory surgery provides cost savings and better 30-day outcomes for selected patients undergoing common elective general surgeries.
Friedlander et al. (2019) studied this question.
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