By: Scott A. Lang, MD [2]
The conclusions in this article [BCMJ 2021;63:330-335 [11]] are predicated on two observations—that the admission rate for outpatient surgery is very low and that the readmission rate is also very low. What the study does not address is a reasonable explanation for the difference in admission rates for outpatient surgery in the setting of a hospital and that of a same-day surgery centre. What am I missing? I suspect there is a strong bias at play.
—Scott A. Lang, MD
Calgary, AB
This letter was submitted in response to “Canada’s largest purpose-built public day-care surgery centre: A retrospective audit of patients requiring transfer to an inpatient hospital.” [11]
Read the author’s response in “Re: Canada’s largest purpose-built public day-care surgery centre. Author replies.” [12]
Links
[1] https://bcmj.org/cover/december-2021
[2] https://bcmj.org/author/scott-lang-md
[3] https://bcmj.org/node/8855
[4] https://bcmj.org/sites/default/files/BCMJ_Vol63_No10-letters_4.pdf
[5] https://bcmj.org/print/letters/re-canadas-largest-purpose-built-public-day-care-surgery-centre
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[11] https://bcmj.org/articles/canadas-largest-purpose-built-public-day-care-surgery-centre-retrospective-audit-patients
[12] https://bcmj.org/letters/re-canadas-largest-purpose-built-public-day-care-surgery-centre-author-replies
[13] https://bcmj.org/modal_forms/nojs/webform/176
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