Open AccessHospital Volume, Length of Stay, and Readmission Rates in High-Risk Surgery
Author(s) -
Philip P. Goodney,
Thérèse A. Stukel,
F. Lee Lucas,
Emily Finlayson,
John D. Birkmeyer
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000081094.66659.c3
Subject(s) - medicine , volume (thermodynamics) , medline , hospital readmission , surgery , emergency medicine , general surgery , physics , quantum mechanics , political science , law
Aimed at reducing surgical deaths, several recent initiatives have attempted to establish volume-based referral strategies in high-risk surgery. Although payers are leading the most visible of these efforts, it is unknown whether volume standards will also reduce resource use.