February 18, 2015JAMA SurgeryOpen Access

Development of a List of High-Risk Operations for Patients 65 Years and Older

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Patients 65 years and older

Authors

MSMargaret L. SchwarzeUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison ABAmber E. BarnatoDartmouth College PRPaul J. RathouzThe University of Texas at Austin

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Enables standardized claims-based research on high-risk surgery in older adults; leaves open prospective validation before broader use.

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Population

Patients 65 years and older

Intervention

Development of a list of procedure codes to identify high-risk surgical procedures

A standardized list of procedure codes was developed to identify high-risk surgical procedures in patients 65 years and older for use in claims data research.

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Schwarze et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56ce275589c71d767ce43 https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2014.1819

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Development of a List of High-Risk Operations for Patients 65 Years and Older

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