Key result
Separating elective and emergency surgical care using a dedicated Emergency Team reduced operations performed between 0000-0800 hours from 16% to 7.9%.
Why the study?
Does the separation of elective and emergency surgical care with a dedicated 'Emergency Team' improve the efficiency of managing acute general surgical admissions?
Population
General surgical activity in one large teaching hospital between 1994 and 1999
Comparison
Separation of elective and emergency surgical… vs Prior surgical care model before separation
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5 years (1994-1999)
Authors
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May support dedicated emergency teams to cut overnight operations in general surgery; leaves open confirmation via RCTs on outcomes and efficiency.
Observational
No
Does the separation of elective and emergency surgical care with a dedicated 'Emergency Team' improve the efficiency of managing acute general surgical admissions?
Absolute Event Rate: 7.9% vs 16%
A dedicated 'Emergency Team' efficiently manages acute general surgical admissions, allowing uninterrupted elective work and reducing after-midnight operations.
Addison et al. (2001) conducted an observational in General surgical admissions. Dedicated 'Emergency Team' separating elective and emergency surgical care vs. Standard care (years 1994/1995) was evaluated on Operations carried out between 0000-0800 hours. Separating elective and emergency surgical care using a dedicated Emergency Team reduced operations performed between 0000-0800 hours from 16% to 7.9%.
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