Anticholinergic Risk Scale and Resource Use After Elective Noncardiac Surgery

Costs of Care

Costs related to medical care paid for by the provincial health insurance system

Time frame: date of surgery up to 90 days after surgery

Institutional Discharge

A discharge location at the end of the surgical episode of care that is not back to the patient's original residence (specifically respite or long term care)

Time frame: date of surgery to date of hospital discharge, or 365 days after surgery, whichever comes first

Mortality

death from any cause

Time frame: from day of surgery up to 90 days after surgery

Hospital Readmission

Acute hospital readmission after discharge from index hospitalization

Time frame: From the date of hospital discharge to 30 days after the date of discharge