A combined measure of procedural volume and outcome to assess hospital quality of colorectal cancer surgery, a secondary analysis of clinical audit data.

A combined measure of procedural volume and outcome to assess hospital quality of colorectal cancer surgery, a secondary analysis of clinical audit data.

OBJECTIVE: To identify, on the basis of past performance, those hospitals that demonstrate good outcomes in sufficient numbers to make it likely that they will provide adequate quality of care in the future, using a combined measure of volume and outcome (CM-V&O). To compare this CM-V&O with...

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Main Authors: Nikki E Kolfschoten, Perla J Marang-van de Mheen, Michel W J M Wouters, Eric-Hans Eddes, Rob A E M Tollenaar, Theo Stijnen, Job Kievit, Dutch Surgical Colorectal Audit Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3928280?pdf=render

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