Cataract Surgery and Mortality in the United States Medicare Population

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6199833	Ophthalmology	2016	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

In a national cohort of United States Medicare beneficiaries with cataract, cataract surgery was associated with decreased all-cause mortality. Further studies are needed to examine mechanisms surrounding the association between cataract surgery and mortality.

Keywords

CPT SSA ICD-9-CM CCI CMS Social Security Administration Current Procedural Terminology standard deviation Diabetes mellitus Charlson Comorbidity Index international classification of diseases, ninth revision, clinical modification confidence interval Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services hazard ratio