Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Long-term healthcare use after postoperative complications: an analysis of linked primary and secondary care routine data
Main finding · Healthcare contact days per year, before vs after surgeryResult — go to the resultAdjusted incidence rate ratio 1.67 CI 1.49–1.87Authors' conclusion
However, their absolute and relative increases in healthcare use after surgery are greater than patients without complications.
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing elective surgery at four East London hospitals (2012–7) with at least 90 days follow-up
- Participants
- 49,913 patients
- Exposure
- Patients with vs without sentinel postoperative complications
- Complicationsn = 3,883
- Outcome
- Change in healthcare contact days in the 2 yr before and after surgery, and 2 yr mortality
- Follow-up
- 2 yr
Methodological detailslinked primary and secondary care routine data, multicentre
- Linked primary and secondary care routine data
- Multicentre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Healthcare contact days per year, before vs after surgery
Adjusted incidence rate ratio
1.67
CI 1.49–1.87
By group
Complications vs Without complications
adjusted IRR 1.67 (CI 1.49–1.87)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
2-yr mortality
Original publication
Long-term healthcare use after postoperative complications: an analysis of linked primary and secondary care routine data. BJA Open. Published 15 June 2023. doi:10.
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