Volume-outcome relationships in neurosurgery

Document Type

Article

Abstract

For a variety of neurosurgical conditions, increasing surgeon and hospital volumes correlate with improved outcomes, such as mortality, complication rates, length of stay, hospital charges, and discharge disposition. Neurosurgeons can improve patient outcomes at the population level by changing practice and referral patterns to regionalize care for select conditions at high-volume specialty treatment centers. Individual practitioners should be aware of where they fall on the volume spectrum and understand the implications of their practice and referral habits on their patients.

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Publication Title

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

ISSN

10423680

E-ISSN

15581349

Volume

26

Issue

2

First Page

207

Last Page

218

PubMed ID

25771276

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.nec.2014.11.015

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