{
  "id": 19496602,
  "title": "Children who travel further for common surgery have more complications and longer hospital stays",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/children-who-travel-further-for-common-surgery-have-more",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-11T12:20:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-children-common-surgery-complications-longer.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nearly one in eight children undergoing a common inpatient surgical procedure lived more than 60 miles (97 kilometers) from the hospital where they received care. These children had higher odds of complications, longer hospital stays and higher hospital charges than children who lived closer, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS).",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}