Why the study?
Does a hospital's ability to rescue patients from major complications underlie variation in 30-day mortality outcomes for elderly patients undergoing emergent surgery?
Population
23,224 patients undergoing emergent general/vascular surgical procedures at 41 hospitals within the Michigan…
Comparison
Treatment at hospitals with high risk- and… vs Treatment at hospitals with low risk- and…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30-day
Authors
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Prioritizes rescue capacity in high-mortality hospitals for elderly emergent surgery; leaves open whether targeted interventions improve outcomes.
Does a hospital's ability to rescue patients from major complications underlie variation in 30-day mortality outcomes for elderly patients undergoing emergent surgery?
Variation in mortality rates across hospitals for elderly patients undergoing emergent surgery is driven by failure to rescue patients from major complications rather than the complication rates themselves.
Sheetz et al. (2013) studied this question.
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