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The Impact of Perioperative Geriatric Care on Outcomes After Elective Noncardiac Surgery
In Brief
An observational study evaluating Preoperative geriatric consult or assessment and No Preoperative geriatric consult or assessment for SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE and 3 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 266,499 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The investigators will conduct a population-based study using health administrative data to evaluate the impact of preoperative geriatric consultation on postoperative outcomes in older patients having elective, non-cardiac surgery
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
A preoperative geriatric consult or assessment will be considered to be present if such a consult or assessment is billed by a geriatrician for a patient in the cohort within 4 months preceding surgery. For the primary analysis we will collapse both geriatric consultations and comprehensive geriatric assessments into a single exposure level.
No assessment or consult billed in the 4 months before surgery