State of evidence on the relationship between high-volume hospitals and outcomes in surgery: a systematic review of systematic reviews

J Am Coll Surg. 2013 May;216(5):1015-1025.e18. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.12.049. Epub 2013 Mar 22.

Authors

Dawid Pieper¹, Tim Mathes, Edmund Neugebauer, Michaela Eikermann

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Research in Operative Medicine, Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Cologne, Germany. dawid.pieper@uni-wh.de

PMID: 23528183
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.12.049

No abstract available

Publication types

Review
Systematic Review

MeSH terms

Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / statistics & numerical data
Bariatric Surgery / statistics & numerical data
Colorectal Neoplasms / surgery
Coronary Artery Bypass / statistics & numerical data
Esophageal Neoplasms / surgery
Evidence-Based Medicine
Hospitals, High-Volume* / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Outcome Assessment, Health Care*
Pancreatic Diseases / surgery
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / statistics & numerical data
Prostatectomy / statistics & numerical data
Surgical Procedures, Operative / statistics & numerical data*