Objective Frailty is common in vascular patients and is recognized for its prognostic value. In
the absence of consensus, a multitude of frailty assessment tools exist. This systematic …

Objective: Association of insurance type with colorectal surgical complications, textbook
outcomes (TO), and cost in a safety-net hospital (SNH). Background: SNHs have higher …

Importance Evaluating how social determinants of health (SDOH) influence veteran
outcomes is crucial, particularly for quality improvement. Objective To measure associations …

BACKGROUND: Patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) experience chronic
sleep disturbances and desaturation, factors that have been associated with postoperative …

Abstract Introduction Safety-net hospitals (SNHs) have higher postoperative complications
and costs versus low-burden hospitals. Do low socioeconomic status/vulnerable patients …

BACKGROUND: Surgical outcome/cost analyses typically focus on single outcomes and do
not include encounters beyond the index hospitalization. STUDY DESIGN: This cohort study …

BACKGROUND: Surgical analyses often focus on single or binary outcomes; we developed
an ordinal Desirability of Outcome Ranking (DOOR) for surgery to increase granularity and …

Introduction Yentl syndrome describing sex-related disparities has been extensively studied
in medical conditions but not after surgery. This retrospective cohort study assessed the …

Abstract Background/Purpose Medicare's Hospital Readmission Reduction Program
disproportionately penalizes safety-net hospitals (SNH) caring for vulnerable populations …

Abstract Purpose of Review The goal of this review is to describe the complex process by
which a procedure code is assigned value using relative value units (RVUs) and discuss …