Patients awaiting elective procedures are facing significant emergency hospital admissions, highlighting a need for timely surgical interventions.
- Over 33 million waiting days led to 69,322 emergency admissions, using 535,806 bed days.
- Highest emergency admission rates were for urinary stent procedures (0.71) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (0.63).
Surgeons should prioritize timely treatment to reduce patient risks and alleviate emergency care burdens.
- Nine procedures experienced more emergency bed days than elective days post-treatment, notably ureteric stones (4.59 ratio).
Observational Study by James AP, Gray WK (…) Lansdown M et 2 al. in Br J Surg
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