Understanding Pediatric Surgery Cancellation: Geospatial Analysis

Lei Liu   ^{1, 2} , BSc ;   Yizhao Ni   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Andrew F Beck   ^{3, 4, 5} , MPH, MD ;   Cole Brokamp   ^{3, 6} , PhD ;   Ryan C Ramphul   ⁷ , PhD ;   Linda D Highfield   ^{8, 9} , PhD ;   Megha Karkera Kanjia   ^{10, 11} , MD ;   J “Nick” Pratap   ^{3, 12} , MB BChir

¹ Division of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States

² Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States

³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States

⁴ Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States

⁵ Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States

⁶ Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States

⁷ Department of Government Relations and Community Benefits, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, United States

⁸ Department of Management, Policy & Community Health, University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States

⁹ Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States

¹⁰ Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, United States

¹¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States

¹² Department of Anesthesia, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States