Anesthesia Care for Cataract Surgery in Medicare Beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cataract surgery in the US is routinely performed with anesthesia care, whereas anesthesia care for other elective, low-risk, outpatient procedures is applied more selectively.

Objective

To identify predictors of anesthesia care in Medicare beneficiaries undergoing cataract surgery and evaluate anesthesia care for cataract surgery compared with other elective, low-risk, outpatient procedures.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based, retrospective observational cohort study included Medicare beneficiaries 66 years or older who underwent cataract surgery in 2017. The data were analyzed from August 2020 through May 2021.

Interventions (for clinical trials) or exposures (for observational studies)

Anesthesia care during elective, low-risk

SUBMITTER: Perumal D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9531089 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature