Kimon Bekelis1, Symeon Missios2, Joel Shu3, Todd A MacKenzie4, Bruce Mayerson5. 1. Department of Surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital, West Islip, NY, United States; The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, United States; Population Health Research Institute of New York at CHS, Melville, NY, United States; Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States. Electronic address: kbekelis@gmail.com. 2. Population Health Research Institute of New York at CHS, Melville, NY, United States; Center for Neuro and Spine, Akron General/Cleveland Clinic, Akron, OH, United States. 3. Population Health Research Institute of New York at CHS, Melville, NY, United States. 4. The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, United States; Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States; Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, United States. 5. Population Health Research Institute of New York at CHS, Melville, NY, United States; Department of Neurology, Saint Catherine's of Siena Medical Center, Smithtown, NY, United States.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: An increasing number of elderly patients with dementia are undergoing surgical operations. Little is known about the differential impact of dementia on surgical outcomes. We investigated whether demented patients undergoing surgical operations have worse outcomes than their non-demented counterparts. METHODS: We performed a cohort study of all patients undergoing a series of surgical operations who were registered in the New York Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) database from 2009 to 2013. We examined the association of dementia with inpatient case-fatality, discharge to a facility, and length of stay (LOS). Coarsened exact matching was used to balance comorbidities among the comparison groups, and mixed effect methods were used to control for clustering at the hospital level. RESULTS: During the study period, 342,075 patients underwent surgical operations that met the inclusion criteria. Multivariable logistic regression models, after coarsened exact matching, demonstrated that demented patients were not associated with higher case-fatality (OR, 0.43; 95% CI, 0.13-1.36), but were associated with higher rates of discharge to a facility (OR, 1.71; 95% CI, 1.26-2.31) and longer LOS (Adjusted difference, 31%; 95% CI, 26%-36%). These persisted in pre-specified subgroups stratified on particular operations. CONCLUSIONS: Using a comprehensive all-payer cohort of surgical patients in New York State we identified an association of dementia with increased rate of discharge to rehabilitation and longer LOS. No difference was identified in the case fatality of the two groups. Policy makers, payers, and physicians should take these findings into account when designing new policies, and when counseling patients.
BACKGROUND: An increasing number of elderly patients with dementia are undergoing surgical operations. Little is known about the differential impact of dementia on surgical outcomes. We investigated whether demented patients undergoing surgical operations have worse outcomes than their non-demented counterparts. METHODS: We performed a cohort study of all patients undergoing a series of surgical operations who were registered in the New York Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) database from 2009 to 2013. We examined the association of dementia with inpatient case-fatality, discharge to a facility, and length of stay (LOS). Coarsened exact matching was used to balance comorbidities among the comparison groups, and mixed effect methods were used to control for clustering at the hospital level. RESULTS: During the study period, 342,075 patients underwent surgical operations that met the inclusion criteria. Multivariable logistic regression models, after coarsened exact matching, demonstrated that demented patients were not associated with higher case-fatality (OR, 0.43; 95% CI, 0.13-1.36), but were associated with higher rates of discharge to a facility (OR, 1.71; 95% CI, 1.26-2.31) and longer LOS (Adjusted difference, 31%; 95% CI, 26%-36%). These persisted in pre-specified subgroups stratified on particular operations. CONCLUSIONS: Using a comprehensive all-payer cohort of surgical patients in New York State we identified an association of dementia with increased rate of discharge to rehabilitation and longer LOS. No difference was identified in the case fatality of the two groups. Policy makers, payers, and physicians should take these findings into account when designing new policies, and when counseling patients.
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