Peri-operative emergency department utilization in inpatient and outpatient Medicare laparoscopic cholecystectomy

摘要

Background: Preoperative emergency department (ED) visits may reflect the patient's biliary disease, or may signal unstable comorbid conditions that have relevance following inpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy (ILC) and outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy (OLC) in Medicare patients.