The redistribution of benign gynecologic surgery.
The program directors of obstetrics-gynecology residencies in the United States were questioned regarding their perceptions of benign gynecologic surgical volume change at their institutions. Most responding departments had experienced a decline volume during the 5 years prior to the study. This volume decrease tended to be more frequent and more pronounced in those programs involving care of a high percentage of indigent patients. Conversely, programs with a predominantly nonindigent patient population tended to experience increases in volume. Many factors are responsible for this redistribution, including a change in gynecology, itself, which has become increasingly occupied with noninvasive ambulatory techniques.
D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005260:Female; D005380:Financing, Government; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000601:surgery*; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000601:surgery*; D006176:Gynecology / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States