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The volume-outcome relationship: don't believe everything you see.

Caprice K Christian¹, Michael L Gustafson, Rebecca A Betensky, Jennifer Daley, Michael J Zinner.

Abstract

This paper investigates methodological limitations of the volume-outcome relationship. A brief overview of quality measurement is followed by a discussion of two important aspects of the relationship.

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Year: 2005 PMID： 16136280 DOI： 10.1007/s00268-005-7993-8

Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Surg ISSN： 0364-2313 Impact factor: 3.352

31 in total

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Authors: S D Pearson; S F Kleefield; J R Soukop; E F Cook; T H Lee
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2. Invited commentary: quality of care and the volume-outcome relationship--what's next for surgery?

Authors: Jennifer Daley
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3. Effect of amiodarone +/- diltiazem +/- beta blocker on frequency of atrial fibrillation, length of hospitalization, and hospital costs after coronary artery bypass grafting.

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Review 4. Risk-adjusted surgical outcomes.

Authors: J Daley; W G Henderson; S F Khuri
Journal: Annu Rev Med Date: 2001 Impact factor: 13.739

5. Selective referral to high-volume hospitals: estimating potentially avoidable deaths.

Authors: R A Dudley; K L Johansen; R Brand; D J Rennie; A Milstein
Journal: JAMA Date: 2000-03-01 Impact factor: 56.272

6. The influence of hospital and surgeon volume on in-hospital mortality for colectomy, gastrectomy, and lung lobectomy in patients with cancer.

Authors: Edward L Hannan; Mark Radzyner; David Rubin; James Dougherty; Murray F Brennan
Journal: Surgery Date: 2002-01 Impact factor: 3.982

7. Indications, outcomes, and provider volumes for carotid endarterectomy.

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8. Trauma case management and clinical pathways: prospective evaluation of their effect on selected patient outcomes in five key trauma conditions.

Authors: J Sesperez; S Wilson; B Jalaludin; M Seger; M Sugrue
Journal: J Trauma Date: 2001-04

9. Postoperative mortality and complications after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer in Quebec: A population-based analysis during the years 2000-2009.

Authors: Ahmed S Zakaria; Fabiano Santos; Alice Dragomir; Simon Tanguay; Wassim Kassouf; Armen G Aprikian
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Review 10. Cardiac surgical patients are not the same. But who knows that: the patient, the cardiologist or the surgeon?

Authors: Haralabos Parissis; Bassel Al-Alao
Journal: Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Date: 2013-10-29

The volume-outcome relationship: don't believe everything you see.

1. Critical pathways intervention to reduce length of hospital stay.

2. Invited commentary: quality of care and the volume-outcome relationship--what's next for surgery?

3. Effect of amiodarone +/- diltiazem +/- beta blocker on frequency of atrial fibrillation, length of hospitalization, and hospital costs after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Review 4. Risk-adjusted surgical outcomes.

5. Selective referral to high-volume hospitals: estimating potentially avoidable deaths.

6. The influence of hospital and surgeon volume on in-hospital mortality for colectomy, gastrectomy, and lung lobectomy in patients with cancer.

7. Indications, outcomes, and provider volumes for carotid endarterectomy.

8. Trauma case management and clinical pathways: prospective evaluation of their effect on selected patient outcomes in five key trauma conditions.

9. Quality of medical care delivered to Medicare beneficiaries: A profile at state and national levels.

10. Relationship between provider volume and mortality for carotid endarterectomies in New York state.

1. Redefining quality of care.

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3. Risk-adjusted pathologic margin positivity rate as a quality indicator in rectal cancer surgery.

4. The Effect of Hospital Volume on Breast Cancer Mortality.

5. The risk of risk-adjustment measures for perioperative spine infection after spinal surgery.

6. Surgery for rectal cancer performed at teaching hospitals improves survival and preserves continence.

7. Modeling the volume-effectiveness relationship in the case of hip fracture treatment in Finland.

8. Providing specialist services in Australia across barriers of distance and culture.

9. Postoperative mortality and complications after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer in Quebec: A population-based analysis during the years 2000-2009.

Review 10. Cardiac surgical patients are not the same. But who knows that: the patient, the cardiologist or the surgeon?