The Impact of Mental Illness on Postoperative Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries: A Missed Opportunity to Help Surgical Patients?

Conclusions: Three in 10 Medicare beneficiaries had a preexisting mental illness diagnosis, which was strongly associated with worse postoperative outcomes, as well as suicide risk. Surgeons need to optimize mental health assessment and services in the preoperative setting to improve outcomes for this vulnerable population.
Source: Annals of Surgery - Category: Surgery Tags: PAPERS CHOSEN FOR PRESENTATION AT THE 2020 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SURGICAL ASSOCIATION Source Type: research