Does Improved Mortality at Low- and Medium-Volume Hospitals Lead to Attenuation of the Volume to Outcomes Relationship for Major Visceral Surgery?

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8833432	Journal of the American College of Surgeons	2018	34 Pages	PDF

Abstract

A reduction in the differences in AIHM among LV, MV, and HV hospitals for 5 of 6 organs studied suggests attenuation of the volume to outcomes relationship with time. This is likely due to system-wide improvements in surgical care.

Keywords

NiS High volume low volume National Inpatient Sample

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Does Improved Mortality at Low- and Medium-Volume Hospitals Lead to Attenuation of the Volume to Outcomes Relationship for Major Visceral Surgery?

Authors

Nabil MD, MPH, FACS, David A. MD, MS, FACS, Elizabeth B. MPH, PhD, Amit MD, MS, FACS, Barbara A. MD, FACS, Richard J. MD, FACS, Yu-Hui PhD,