Postoperative delirium can be feasibly measured in surgical quality datasets using a 10 to 12 variable model to tailor quality improvement for older surgical patients.
Hospital variation in postoperative delirium rates is measurable in quality datasets; leaves open whether this enables effective targeted interventions in older surgical patients.
Rates of postoperative delirium varied 8.5-fold across hospitals, and can feasibly be measured in surgical quality datasets. The model performed well with 10 to 12 variables and demonstrated applicability across surgical specialties. Such efforts are critical to better tailor quality improvement to older surgical patients.
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