Outcomes of Women Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery in Veterans Affairs Compared With Non-Veterans Affairs Care Settings.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Recent legislation facilitates veterans' ability to receive non-Veterans Affairs (VA) surgical care. Although veterans are predominantly male, the number of women receiving care within the VA has nearly doubled to 10% over the past decade and recent data comparing the surgical care of women in VA and non-VA care settings are lacking.

Objective

To compare postoperative outcomes among women treated in VA hospitals vs private-sector hospitals.

Design, setting, and participants

This coarsened exact-matched cohort study across 9 noncardiac specialties in the Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP) and American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) took place from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2019. Mu

SUBMITTER: George EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10902781 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature