Seven procedures account for the majority of the national burden of emergency general surgery, highlighting key targets for quality improvement and cost reduction.
Only 7 procedures account for most admissions, deaths, complications, and inpatient costs attributable to the 512 079 EGS procedures performed in the United States each year. National quality benchmarks and cost reduction efforts should focus on these common, complicated, and costly EGS procedures.
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