Colorectal Surgery Outcomes and Healthcare Burden for Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) undergoing colorectal surgery have suboptimal postoperative outcomes, but the specific adverse outcomes and the context of these worse outcomes on a national level are not well understood.

Methods

Colorectal surgery patients with and without ADRD from January 1, 2017, to October 1, 2018, were identified using traditional, fee-for-service Medicare claims data. Unadjusted and adjusted analyses were performed to evaluate postoperative outcomes.

Results

123,324 Medicare beneficiaries (mean age 76.5, 59.3% female) underwent colorectal surgery in the study cohort with 8.3% (n = 10,254) having a preoperative diagnosis of ADRD. Colorectal surgery patients with ADRD were older (81 versus 76 y old, P < 

SUBMITTER: Clark CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11779580 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature