Comparison of Risk-Adjusted 30-Day Postoperative Mortality and Morbidity in Department of Veterans Affairs Hospitals and Selected University Medical Centers: General Surgical Operations in Women
Journal of the American College of SurgeonsPublished 1 June 2007
Aaron S. Fink, Matthew M. Hutter, Darrell C. Campbell, William G. Henderson, Cecilia Mosca, Shukri F. Khuri
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The data demonstrate that in female general surgical patients, risk-adjusted mortality rates are comparable in the VA and the private sector, but risk-adjusted morbidity is higher in the private sector. Rates of urinary tract infections in the two populations may account for much of the latter difference.
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