Baltimore—The Affordable Care Act successfully added 20 million more Americans to insurance programs than in 2010. However, the effect on emergency general surgery outcomes has been mixed, with a slight decrease in mortality for the insured but an increase in costs and complications, according to a recent review of a national database.
A team of trauma and general surgeons from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) analyzed the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS)