Economic Burden of Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorders Among US Medicare Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Postoperative neurocognitive disorders (PNDs) after surgical procedures are common and may be associated with increased health care expenditures.

Objective

To quantify the economic burden associated with a PND diagnosis in 1 year following surgical treatment among older patients in the United States.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used claims data from the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced Model from 4285 hospitals that submitted Medicare Fee-for-service (FFS) claims between January 2013 and December 2016. All Medicare patients aged 65 years or older who underwent an inpatient hospital admission associated with a surgical procedure, did not experience a PND before index admission, and were not undergoing dialy

SUBMITTER: Boone MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7395237 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature