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

Abstract

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.