Focus on Surgical Outcomes That Matter to Older Patients

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco.
² Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco3Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco.

Comment

Anne M Suskind et al. JAMA Surg. 2016.

. 2016 Sep 21;151(9):e161701.

doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.1701. Epub 2016 Sep 21.

¹ Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco.
² Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco3Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco.

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Association of Loss of Independence With Readmission and Death After Discharge in Older Patients After Surgical Procedures.
Berian JR, Mohanty S, Ko CY, Rosenthal RA, Robinson TN. Berian JR, et al. JAMA Surg. 2016 Sep 21;151(9):e161689. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.1689. Epub 2016 Sep 21. JAMA Surg. 2016. PMID: 27409710

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