High health care use prior to elective surgery for osteoarthritis is associated with poor postoperative outcomes: A Canadian population-based cohort study.
Mayilee CanizaresJ Denise PowerAnthony V PerruccioMichael PatersonNizar N MahomedY Raja RampersaudPublished in: Journal of health services research & policy (2023)
Our findings highlight that information on patients' preoperative health care use, together with other risk factors (such as comorbidities), could help decision-making when benchmarking or reimbursing hospitals caring for complex patients undergoing surgery for osteoarthritis.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- healthcare
- minimally invasive
- risk factors
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- decision making
- rheumatoid arthritis
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- knee osteoarthritis
- prognostic factors
- metabolic syndrome
- patient reported outcomes
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- acute coronary syndrome
- patient reported
- health insurance