Hospital Volume and Surgical Mortality in the United States

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Authors

John D. Birkmeyer · United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Andrea E. Siewers · Maine Medical Center

Emily Finlayson · University of California, San Francisco

Thérèse A. Stukel

F. Lee Lucas · Maine Medical Center

Ida Batista · Maine Medical Center

H. Gilbert Welch

David E. Wennberg

Abstract

In the absence of other information about the quality of surgery at the hospitals near them, Medicare patients undergoing selected cardiovascular or cancer procedures can significantly reduce their risk of operative death by selecting a high-volume hospital.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Healthcare Policy and Management Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 346, Issue 15, pp. 1128-1137

DOI: 10.1056/nejmsa012337

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