Influence of trends in hospital volume over time on patient outcomes for high-risk surgery

• Main Authors: Cécile Payet (Author), Stéphanie Polazzi (Author), Jean-Christophe Lifante (Author), Eddy Cotte (Author), Daniel Grinberg (Author), Matthew J. Carty (Author), Stéphane Sanchez (Author), Muriel Rabilloud (Author), Antoine Duclos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The "practice makes perfect" concept considers the more frequent a hospital performs a procedure, the better the outcome of the procedure. We aimed to study this concept by investigating whether patient outcomes improve in hospitals with a significantly increased volume...