OBJECTIVE Fragmentation of care following craniotomy for tumor resection is increasingly
common with the regionalization of neurosurgery. Hospital readmission to a hospital (non …

Background Information on procedure volume of graduating chief residents (GCRs) for
hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgical procedures may inform assessments of resident …

Background The association between volume and outcomes has led to recommendations
that patients undergo surgery at high-volume centers. We aimed to determine if older …

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Background: Regionalization to higher volume centers has been proposed as a mechanism
to improve short-term outcomes following complex surgery. Objective: The objective of this …

Background Complication rates in many complex surgical procedures are associated with
the volume of procedures performed. Objectives To investigate the relationship between …

Objective Our understanding of the impact of a center's case volume on failure to rescue
(FTR) after cardiac surgery is incomplete. We hypothesized that increasing center case …

Background Since 2010, 460+ hospital mergers have occurred in the United States,
rerouting historical coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) referral patterns. The goals of this …

In their analysisusing the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities metric and TRICARE claims,
Dalton et al1 noted decreasing numbers of general surgery cases in military treatment …

Although a growing body of research explores the interplay of social, economic, and
environmental conditions that underlie health disparities, there is no clear path forward to …