Frailty and Long-Term Health Care Utilization After Elective General and Vascular Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Surgical quality improvement efforts have largely focused on 30-day outcomes, such as readmissions and complications. Surgery may have a sustained impact on the health and quality of life of patients considered frail, yet data are lacking on the long-term health care utilization of patients with frailty following surgery.

Objective

To examine the independent association of preoperative frailty on long-term health care utilization (up to 24 months) following surgery.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, observational cohort study included patients undergoing elective general and vascular surgery performed in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Surgical Quality Improvement Program with study entry from October 1, 2013, to September 30, 2018. Patients w

SUBMITTER: Dossabhoy SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11822548 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature