Laparoscopic repair of primary inguinal hernia performed in public hospitals or low-volume centers have increased risk of reoperation for recurrence

K Andresen, H Friis-Andersen… - Surgical …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
volume of procedures performed by a center. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis
that hospital volume and type of hospital (private vs public) … Centers reporting less than 50 …

Volume thresholds and hospital characteristics in the United States

A Elixhauser, C Steiner, I Fraser - Health Affairs, 2003 - healthaffairs.org
… Association (AHA) as “all nonfederal, short-term, general and other specialty hospitals.”
The … morbidity and mortality at low- and high-volume centers for esophagectomy, pancreatic …

Disparities in the utilization of high-volume hospitals for complex surgery

JH Liu, DS Zingmond, ML McGory, NF SooHoo… - Jama, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
… In general, the number of California hospitals meeting the Leapfrog … low-volume hospitals
are different. This finding raises a question of whether the patient mix at high-volume centers is …

[HTML][HTML] Hospital volume and surgical mortality in the United States

JD Birkmeyer, AE Siewers, EVA Finlayson… - … England Journal of …, 2002 - Mass Medical Soc
volume and outcome have used state-level data bases or regional populations that are served
by a small number of high-volume centers. … of volume to establish the general form of the …

Utilization of lowvolume hospitals for total hip replacement

E Losina, J Barrett, JA Baron, M Levy… - Arthritis Care & …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
… some patients choose low-volume hospitals for elective THR … by policies that shift care
from low- to high-volume centers. … affecting the general practitioner's choice of hospital when …

The relationship between hospital volume and outcome in bariatric surgery at academic medical centers

NT Nguyen, M Paya, CM Stevens, S Mavandadi… - Annals of …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
… of Excellence program was initiated to educate the public and third-party payers about
bariatric surgery centers that provide a comprehensive, standardized, and predictable structure …

Estimating the unit costs of public hospitals and primary healthcare centers

MZ Younis, S Jaber, AR Mawson… - … International Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… all public hospitals and PHCs in the West Bank. Data were available for 11 hospitals and
10 PHCCs from three districts as of 2008. Out of them, Beitlahem and Qalqiliah hospitals were …

Why do high-volume hospitals achieve better outcomes? A systematic review about intermediate factors in volume–outcome relationships

R Mesman, GP Westert, BJMM Berden, MJ Faber - Health Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
… by a general surgeon compared to low-volume hospitals (OR … volume–outcome research
and uncover the key elements for improving quality of care in both high and low volume centers

[PDF][PDF] Public hospitals and health care reform: choices and challenges.

DP Andrulis, KL Acuff, KB Weiss… - … journal of public …, 1996 - ajph.aphapublications.org
… Because public hospitals, community health centers, and public health departments share
many objectives and populations, initiatives that foster better coordination among them and …

Hospital volume and operative mortality in the modern era

BN Reames, AA Ghaferi, JD Birkmeyer… - Annals of surgery, 2014 - journals.lww.com
… In general, sex showed minimal variation between very low and very high volume hospitals.
… older than 75 years were treated at very low volume centers. Despite this, we were able to …