Health Care Resource Utilization in Older Adults with Serious Illness Before Surgery
Older adults with serious illness prior to undergoing elective surgery tend to use significantly more health care resources post-surgery.
According to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, these individuals experience hospital stays twice as long as their similarly aged counterparts. They are also twice as likely to return to the hospital or the emergency department, and incur almost double the yearly health care costs.
“We were looking at the palliative care needs of this group of patients to see whether we could identify points to intervene,” said lead study author Jolene Wong Si Min, MD.
Dr. Wong Si Min, of the Center for Surgery and Public Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and the National Cancer Center Singapore and Singapore General Hospital, highlights the high palliative care needs in older adults with serious illness undergoing major elective surgery.
Author's summary: Older adults with serious illness before surgery use more health care resources.
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