Hospital Volume and Surgical Mortality in the United States

For surgical procedures, operative mortality varies inversely with the number of procedures performed at a hospital. This study quantified the relation between volume and outcome among Medicare patients for 14 different surgical procedures. The relative effect of surgical volume on outcome varied ma...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2002-04, Vol.346 (15), p.1128-1137
Hauptverfasser:	Birkmeyer, John D, Siewers, Andrea E, Finlayson, Emily V.A, Stukel, Therese A, Lucas, F. Lee, Batista, Ida, Welch, H. Gilbert, Wennberg, David E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures - mortality Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures - utilization Databases, Factual Female Health maintenance organizations HMOs Hospital Mortality Hospitals Hospitals - utilization Humans Logistic Models Male Medical sciences Medicare Mortality Neoplasms - surgery Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Patient safety Surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgical Procedures, Operative - mortality Surgical Procedures, Operative - standards Surgical Procedures, Operative - utilization Technology. Biomaterials. Equipments United States - epidemiology
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