ReviewVisceral medicine2017
Influence of Hospital Volume Effects and Minimum Caseload Requirements on Quality of Care in Pancreatic Surgery in Germany.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Oncological outcomes in minimally invasive vs. open distal pancreatectomy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Pooled it
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- Diagnostic utility of ultrasonography in the management of postoperative fluid collections and abdominal indwelling catheters following pancreaticoduodenectomy: retrospective cohort study.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Internal validation of self-reported case numbers in hospital quality reports: preparing secondary data for health services research.BMC medical research methodology · 2024Article
- [Minimum case volumes from the perspective of university providers].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2022Review
- The comparation of short-term outcome between laparoscopic and open pancreaticoduodenectomy: a propensity score matching analysis.Updates in surgery · 2021Article
- Proposal of a Standardized Questionnaire to Structure Clinical Peer Reviews of Mortality and Failure of Rescue in Pancreatic Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Readmissions after Pancreatic Surgery in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer: Does Hospital Variation Exist for Quality Measurement?Visceral medicine · 2020Article
- Distal pancreatectomy outcomes: Perspectives from a community-based teaching institution.Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery · 2020Article
- Nationwide in-hospital mortality rate following rectal resection for rectal cancer according to annual hospital volume in Germany.BJS open · 2020Article
- What's the next step in evaluating laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy?Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition · 2019Article
- Centralization of Pancreatic Surgery in Europe.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2019Review
- Volume-outcome relationship and minimum volume regulations in the German hospital sector - evidence from nationwide administrative hospital data for the years 2005-2007.Health economics review · 2018Article
- Volume and Quality in Visceral Medicine.Visceral medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionNumerous international studies have identified hospital volume as significant independent variable of death following pancreatic surgery. Most of these studies were limited to regions of countries or portions of a national population and did not include data on volume-outcome effects in Germany.
methodsThe Medline database was systematically searched to identify studies that analyzed volume-outcome relationships and effects of minimum caseload requirements on outcomes of pancreatic surgery in Germany.
resultsRecent observational studies utilizing German hospital discharge data confirmed that patients undergoing pancreatic surgery in Germany also have better outcomes when treated in facilities with high annual caseloads. Besides a decreased risk of in-hospital mortality, there is also a reduced risk of 1-year mortality in high-volume hospitals. In addition, there is evidence that adherence to already existing minimum caseload requirements reduces morbidity and mortality of pancreatic surgery in Germany. As a result of an insufficient centralization in the recent past, however, a large proportion of hospitals that perform pancreatic surgery still do not meet minimum caseload requirements.
conclusionsSpecific measures (i.e. sanctions for failure to achieve minimum volumes) that initiate a sufficient centralization process without threatening patient access to surgical care are needed.
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