The Volume–Outcome Relationship: Don’t Believe Everything You See
- 15 September 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in World Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 29 (10) , 1241-1244
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-005-7993-8
Abstract
This paper investigates methodological limitations of the volume–outcome relationship. A brief overview of quality measurement is followed by a discussion of two important aspects of the relationship.Keywords
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