[Operations before and after the beginning of budgeting; ever better results from medical practice].
The number of operations performed clinically has decreased fairly steeply, mostly since 1982, the start of hospital budgeting. This decrease concerns all age groups except that of 65 and older. It appears that especially the minor operations are performed in the outpatient clinic more often than formerly. In spite of the fact that this renders the clinical operation schedule gradually heavier, the mortality of patients undergoing clinical operations, already low, continues to decrease rather rather markedly. These findings strongly suggest that the progress of modern medicine also particularly benefits the aged.
Hoogendoorn
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000639:trends*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003363:Cost Control; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
Operaties voor en na het begin van de budgettering; steeds betere resultaten van medisch handelen.