Multimorbidity Confers Greater Risk for Older Patients in Emergency General Surgery Than the Presence of Multiple Comorbidities: A Retrospective Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the impact of multimorbidity on outcomes for older emergency general surgery patients.

Objective

The aim was to understand whether having multiple comorbidities confers the same amount of risk as specific combinations of comorbidities (multimorbidity) for a patient undergoing emergency general surgery.

Research design

Retrospective observational study using state discharge data.

Subjects

Medicare beneficiaries who underwent an operation for an emergency general surgery condition in New York, Florida, or Pennsylvania (2012-2013).

Measures

Patients were classified as multimorbid using Qualifying Comorbidity Sets (QCSs). Outcomes included in-hospital mortality, hospital length of stay and discharge status.

Results

Of

SUBMITTER: Rosen CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9262850 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature