Open AccessQuality Over Volume: Modeling Centralization of Gastric Cancer Resections in Italy
Author(s) -
Laura Lorenzon,
Alberto Biondi,
Annamaria Agnes,
Ottavio Scrima,
Roberto Persiani,
Domenico D’Ugo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of gastric cancer/daehan wiam haghoeji
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.806
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2093-5641
pISSN - 1598-1320
DOI - 10.5230/jgc.2022.22.e4
Subject(s) - medicine , resection , mortality rate , cancer registry , cancer , surgery
The correlation between hospital volume and postoperative outcomes has led to the centralization of complex procedures in several countries. However, the results reported in relation to gastric cancer (GC) are contradictory. This study aimed to analyze GC surgical volumes and 30-day postoperative mortality in Italy and to provide a simulation for modeling centralization of GC resections based on district case volumes.