1. Variations in the Delivery of Emergency General Surgery Care in the Era of Acute Care Surgery 
Vijaya T. Daniel, MD, MPH, Angela M. Ingraham, MD, Jasmine A. Khubchandani, MD, Didem Ayturk, MS, Catarina I. Kiefe, MD, PhD, Heena P. Santry, MD, MS 
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 
Volume 45, Issue 1, Pages (January 2019)
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2. Figure 1
The algorithm for selecting single survey respondents consisted of targeting the “primary surgeon” at each hospital (the senior-most surgeon responsible for oversight of EGS care, based on his or her official title). If a primary surgeon was not available, a secondary surgeon (the next most senior surgeon at the hospital) or the chief medical officer (CMO) for hospitals with only a single surgeon was targeted.
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3. Figure 2
In the context of the Chaudoir et al. framework, the main drivers of outcomes for the acute care surgery (ACS) model of care are the organizational (harnessing resources in the face of rigid hospital infrastructures) and provider-level (establishing a dedicated surgical team) factors optimized by the innovation of ACS. The light gray box represents currently nonexistent policies, procedures, and guidelines; the dark gray box represents nonmodifiable patient-level factors. EGS, emergency general surgery.
Adapted from Chaudoir SR, Dugan AG, Barr CH. Measuring factors affecting implementation of health innovations: a systematic review of structural, organizational, provider, patient, and innovation level measures. Implement Sci Feb 17;8:22.
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