Patients with a primary care visit after cancer surgery had a 90-day mortality rate of 0.3% compared with 3.3% for those without.
Primary care visits within 90 days after cancer surgery are linked to a lower mortality rate in older adults . Patients with a primary care visit had a 90-day mortality rate of 0.3% compared with 3.3% for those without. A total of 2566 patients aged 65 years or older who underwent inpatient cancer surgery between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2019, were included in a retrospective cohort study.
Patients were categorized on the basis of having a primary care practitioner and whether they had a primary care visit within 90 postoperative days.Patients with a primary care visit within 90 postoperative days had a significantly lower 90-day mortality rate than those without a visit (Patients who had a primary care visit were more likely to be older, have a higher comorbidity score, and have higher rates of emergency department visits and readmissions.
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