Sara A Kreindler1, Lanette Siragusa1, Eric Bohm1, Wendy Rudnick1, Colleen J Metge1. 1. From the Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Kreindler, Bohm, Metge); the George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, University of Manitoba and Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, Man. (Kreindler, Bohm, Metge); the College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Siragusa); the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba and Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, Man. (Bohm); the Concordia Hip and Knee Institute, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, Man. (Bohm); and the St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Man. (Rudnick).
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Timely access to orthopedic trauma surgery is essential for optimal outcomes. Regionalization of some types of surgery has shown positive effects on access, timeliness and outcomes. We investigated how the consolidation of orthopedic surgery in 1 Canadian health region affected patients requiring hip fracture surgery. METHODS: We retrieved administrative data on all regional emergency department visits for lower-extremity injury and all linked inpatient stays from January 2010 through March 2013, identifying 1885 hip-fracture surgeries. Statistical process control and interrupted time series analysis controlling for demographics and comorbidities were used to assess impacts on access (receipt of surgery within 48-h benchmark) and surgical outcomes (complications, in-hospital/30-d mortality, length of stay). RESULTS: There was a significant increase in the proportion of patients receiving surgery within the benchmark. Complication rates did not change, but there appeared to be some decrease in mortality (significant at 6 mo). Length of stay increased at a hospital that experienced a major increase in patient volume, perhaps reflecting challenges associated with patient flow. CONCLUSION: Regionalization appeared to improve the timeliness of surgery and may have reduced mortality. The specific features of the present consolidation (including pre-existing interhospital performance variation and the introduction of daytime slates at the referral hospital) should be considered when interpreting the findings.
BACKGROUND: Timely access to orthopedic trauma surgery is essential for optimal outcomes. Regionalization of some types of surgery has shown positive effects on access, timeliness and outcomes. We investigated how the consolidation of orthopedic surgery in 1 Canadian health region affected patients requiring hip fracture surgery. METHODS: We retrieved administrative data on all regional emergency department visits for lower-extremity injury and all linked inpatient stays from January 2010 through March 2013, identifying 1885 hip-fracture surgeries. Statistical process control and interrupted time series analysis controlling for demographics and comorbidities were used to assess impacts on access (receipt of surgery within 48-h benchmark) and surgical outcomes (complications, in-hospital/30-d mortality, length of stay). RESULTS: There was a significant increase in the proportion of patients receiving surgery within the benchmark. Complication rates did not change, but there appeared to be some decrease in mortality (significant at 6 mo). Length of stay increased at a hospital that experienced a major increase in patient volume, perhaps reflecting challenges associated with patient flow. CONCLUSION: Regionalization appeared to improve the timeliness of surgery and may have reduced mortality. The specific features of the present consolidation (including pre-existing interhospital performance variation and the introduction of daytime slates at the referral hospital) should be considered when interpreting the findings.
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