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Outcomes of surgery among the Medicare aged: Mortality after surgery

This study examines post-surgical mortality, up to 1 year after surgery, for eight common operations among aged Medicare enrollees. The operations with the highest mortality in the 1.5 months after surgery were femur fracture reduction, hip arthroplasty (other, i.e., not total replacement), and coro...

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Autores principales: Lubitz, James, Riley, Gerald, Newton, Marilyn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 1985
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4191488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10317668