title: [Surgical services in Denmark--time for reorganization?].
abstract: Denmark is a small country (about 5 million inhabitants) and has a unique registration of hospital admissions, surgical procedures and specific person-numbers in national registers. However, there is currently no system to monitor the overall quality of surgical care. Also, surgical services are provided in a large number of hospitals. In order to provide a rational basis of professional and administrative strategies to monitor and improve the quality of surgical care, establishment of a nation-wide monitoring system and quality improvement programme is required as well as regionalisation of major procedures.
authors.affiliation: Kirurgisk Sektion 435, H:S Hvidovre Hospital, DK-2650 Hvidovre. henrik.kehlet@hh.hosp.dk
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kehlet
authors.forename: Bent S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Ottesen
authors.forename: Torben V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Schroeder
mesh_terms: D003718:Denmark; D013502:General Surgery / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012040:Regional Health Planning; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*