Table 2.

30‐day and 90‐day complication rates for community care (CC) and VA cataract surgeries by type of surgery and risk group

	Overall	Surgery type and provider
		Complex surgeries		Routine surgeries
		CC	VHA	CC	VHA
In all eyes
Number of eyes	83 879	3808	10 164	22 018	47 889
30‐day complication, % (n)	0.79 (666)	1.52 (58)	1.61 (164)	0.59 (131)	0.65 (313)
90‐day complication, % (n)	1.17 (980)	2.13 (81)	2.24 (228)	0.89 (195)	0.99 (476)
In low‐risk eyes
Number of eyes	81 851	3539	9966	21 162	47 184
30‐day complication, % (n)	0.75 (614)	1.30 (46)	1.53 (152)	0.54 (115)	0.64 (301)
90‐day complication, % (n)	1.11 (907)	1.81 (64)	2.14 (213)	0.81 (171)	0.97 (459)
In high‐risk eyes
Number of eyes	2028	269	198	856	705
30‐day complication, % (n)	2.56 (52)	4.46 (12)	6.06 (12)	1.87 (16)	1.70 (12)
90‐day complication, % (n)	3.60 (73)	6.32 (17)	7.58 (15)	2.80 (24)	2.41 (17)

Abbreviations: CC, Community Care; VHA, Veterans Health Administration.