Comparative outcomes for older adults undergoing surgery for bladder and bowel dysfunction.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

To compare surgical outcomes between vulnerable nursing home (NH) residents and matched community-dwelling older adults undergoing surgery for bladder and bowel dysfunction.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Participants

A total of 55,389 NH residents and propensity matched (based on procedure, age, sex, race, comorbidity, and year) community-dwelling older adults undergoing surgery for bladder and bowel dysfunction [female pelvic surgery, transurethral resection of the prostate, suprapubic tube placement, hemorrhoid surgery, rectal prolapse surgery]. Individuals were identified using Medicare claims and the Minimum Data Set (MDS) for NH residents between 2014 and 2016.

Measurements

Thirty-day complications, 1-year mortality, and weighted

SUBMITTER: Suskind AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8373651 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature