The lifetime risk of surgery in England: a nationwide observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The average number of times a person will have surgery in their lifetime, and the amount of surgical healthcare resources they use, is unknown. Lifetime risk is a measure of the risk of an average person having a specific event within their lifetime. We report the lifetime risk of surgery and the change observed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We conducted a population cohort study using hospital episode statistics to identify all patients undergoing surgery between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2020, in England. We calculated age- and sex-specific incidence rates of surgery and combined these with routinely available population and mortality data from the Office for National Statistics. We computed the probability of requiring surgery

SUBMITTER: Watson SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11443128 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature