[The connection between hospital volume and outcome in thorax surgery].
A review of current literature with respect to a possible correlation among hospital volume, caseload and outcome of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery supports quite convincingly the theory that, from a probability point of view, the combination of high-volume hospitals with high-volume surgeons produces the best results. During the last decade, thoracic and cardiovascular surgery has to a certain degree been centralized in Denmark, reducing the number of public centres to the five university hospitals. None of these centres is low-volume, and two are high-volume hospitals.
Steinbrüchel
Daniel A
DA
H:S Rigshospitalet, Thoraxkirurgisk Klinik RT, København Ø. dast@rh.dk
Ravn
Jesper Bohsen
JB
D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002497:Centralized Hospital Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003718:Denmark; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016896:Treatment Outcome