A common question revisited: can differences in clinical severity explain the volume-outcome relationship?

Editorial

Ryan P Merkow et al. Surgery. 2010 May.

. 2010 May;147(5):610-1.

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.01.022.

No abstract available

Comment on

Hospital characteristics, clinical severity, and outcomes for surgical oncology patients.
Friese CR, Earle CC, Silber JH, Aiken LH. Friese CR, et al. Surgery. 2010 May;147(5):602-9. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.03.014. Surgery. 2010. PMID: 20403513 Free PMC article.

Relationship between hospital volume, system clinical resources, and mortality in pancreatic resection.
Joseph B, Morton JM, Hernandez-Boussard T, Rubinfeld I, Faraj C, Velanovich V. Joseph B, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Apr;208(4):520-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.019. J Am Coll Surg. 2009. PMID: 19476785
Do hospitals and surgeons with higher coronary artery bypass graft surgery volumes still have lower risk-adjusted mortality rates?
Hannan EL, Wu C, Ryan TJ, Bennett E, Culliford AT, Gold JP, Hartman A, Isom OW, Jones RH, McNeil B, Rose EA, Subramanian VA. Hannan EL, et al. Circulation. 2003 Aug 19;108(7):795-801. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000084551.52010.3B. Epub 2003 Jul 28. Circulation. 2003. PMID: 12885743
Judging hospitals by severity-adjusted mortality rates: the case of CABG surgery.
Landon B, Iezzoni LI, Ash AS, Shwartz M, Daley J, Hughes JS, Mackiernan YD. Landon B, et al. Inquiry. 1996 Summer;33(2):155-66. Inquiry. 1996. PMID: 8675279
Should cystectomy only be performed at high-volume hospitals by high-volume surgeons?
Black PC, Brown GA, Dinney CP. Black PC, et al. Curr Opin Urol. 2006 Sep;16(5):344-9. doi: 10.1097/01.mou.0000240307.85829.7a. Curr Opin Urol. 2006. PMID: 16905980 Review.
Outcome assessment.
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Behind the Curtain-Implications of Anesthesia Volume on Outcomes.
Joung RH, Bilimoria KY, Merkow RP. Joung RH, et al. JAMA Surg. 2021 May 1;156(5):488. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.0136. JAMA Surg. 2021. PMID: 33729453 Free PMC article. No abstract available.