2021
The Incidence and Cumulative Risk of Major Surgery in Older Persons in the United States
Becher RD, Vander Wyk B, Leo-Summers L, Desai MM, Gill TM. The Incidence and Cumulative Risk of Major Surgery in Older Persons in the United States. Annals Of Surgery 2021, 277: 87-92. PMID: 34261884, PMCID: PMC8758792, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor surgeryOlder personsCumulative riskNational HealthCommunity-living older personsHigh-quality surgical careNon-frail groupPopulation-based incidenceService Medicare beneficiariesMedicaid Services dataCumulative risk estimatesProspective longitudinal studyUnited States agesAging Trends StudyGeriatric characteristicsRepresentative incidenceFrail groupAdjusted incidenceGeriatric populationProbable dementiaSurgical carePersons 85Medicare beneficiariesSurgeryVulnerable subgroups
2015
USE OF ADVANCED THERAPIES FOR ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND RELATED OUTCOMES AMONG FEE-FOR-SERVICE MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES FROM 1999 TO 2010
Bikdeli B, Wang Y, Minges K, Desai N, Kim N, Desai M, Spertus J, Masoudi F, Nallamothu B, Goldhaber S, Krumholz H. USE OF ADVANCED THERAPIES FOR ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND RELATED OUTCOMES AMONG FEE-FOR-SERVICE MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES FROM 1999 TO 2010. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2015, 65: a2128. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(15)62128-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute pulmonary embolismService Medicare beneficiariesPulmonary embolismMedicare beneficiariesRelated outcomesEmbolism