Achanta A, et al. - Researchers sought to quantify the hospital length of stay (LOS) variation in correlation with clinical vs nonclinical factors among the high-risk group of patients undergoing emergency general surgery. They analyzed data of a total of 215,724 patients retrieved using the 2007 to 2015 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. As per findings, the median LOS ranged between 1 day for appendectomies (n = 124, 426) and cholecystectomies (n = 21,699) and 8 days for colectomies (n = 19,557) and small intestine resections (n = 7,782). Clinical factors failed to explain most of the LOS variation; however, these may be explained by nonclinical factors (eg, logistical delays, insurance type).