Ten-year Trends in Surgical Mortality, Complications, and Failure to Rescue in Medicare Beneficiaries

Ann Surg. 2020 May;271(5):855-861. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003193.

Authors

Brian T Fry^{1

2}, Margaret E Smith^{1

3}, Jyothi R Thumma¹, Amir A Ghaferi^{1

3}, Justin B Dimick^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ University of Michigan Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, Ann Arbor, MI.
² University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.
³ University of Michigan Department of Surgery, Ann Arbor, MI.

PMID: 31306158
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003193

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Aged
Bayes Theorem
Comorbidity
Failure to Rescue, Health Care / trends*
Female
Hospital Mortality / trends*
Humans
Male
Medicare*
Postoperative Complications / mortality*
Surgical Procedures, Operative / mortality*
United States / epidemiology