Outcomes research is emerging as an invaluable approach to the scientific evaluation of healthcare in a real-world rather than an experimental environment. Although a variety of methods and techniques used in comparative effectiveness research (CER) and population-based research have existed for decades, the recent availability of government funding and innovation in population-science-based methodologies has sparked interest in the study of differential outcomes of various new or well-established interventions utilizing population-based data.
Moreover, various conditions prevalent among certain populations behoove analysis for the specific risk those factors convey in the perioperative arena, a task difficult to accomplish without population-based techniques. Knowledge on immediate perioperative outcomes of anesthesia and surgery is of very high interest not only to clinicians but also…
