Surgical specialty and preoperative medical consultation based on commercial health insurance claims
Thilen SR, Woersching AL, Cornea AM, Lowy E, Weaver EM, Treggiari MM. Surgical specialty and preoperative medical consultation based on commercial health insurance claims. Perioperative Medicine 2018, 7: 9. PMID: 29755736, PMCID: PMC5935907, DOI: 10.1186/s13741-018-0089-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeyo comorbidity indexSurgical riskPreoperative consultationSurgical specialtiesComorbidity indexGeneral surgeryCommercial health insurance claimsLow surgical risk patientsMethodsThis retrospective cohort studyHigh surgical riskIntermediate surgical riskLikelihood of consultationPreoperative medical consultationsSurgical risk patientsHigh-risk patientsLow-risk surgeryRetrospective cohort studyHealth insurance claimsConclusionsThe likelihoodMore comorbiditiesComorbidity burdenRisk patientsCohort studyLow comorbidityPreoperative evaluation