title: [The relation between patient volume and quality of care. Results of a survey].
abstract: A report on the relation between patient volume and quality of treatment has been evaluated by health administrators. The majority supports that adequate patient volume is important for quality of treatment and for quality assurance. The implementation of these concepts in the organizing of health services is advocated. There is a relation between every single administrator's attitude towards the volume-quality concept and the number of beds in their own hospital. Clinical audit by means of registers and more national control of the hospital service is supported.
authors.affiliation: Statens helsetilsyn, Oslo.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Emblem
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Melsom
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alvik
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001509:Bed Occupancy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D009664:Norway; D010361:Patients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D016896:Treatment Outcome