Association of Hospital Quality and Neighborhood Deprivation With Mortality After Inpatient Surgery Among Medicare Beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although the hospital at which a patient is treated is a known source of variation in mortality after inpatient surgery, far less is known about how the neighborhoods from which patients come may also contribute.

Objective

To compare postoperative mortality among Medicare beneficiaries based on the level of neighborhood deprivation where they live and hospital quality where they received care.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study examined outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries undergoing 1 of 5 common surgical procedures (colon resection, coronary artery bypass, cholecystectomy, appendectomy, or incisional hernia repair) between 2014 and 2018. Hospital quality was assigned using the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Star Rating

SUBMITTER: Diaz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9887494 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature