The influence of hospital volume and physician volume on early mortality in acute promyelocytic leukemia patients.

ABSTRACT: Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a highly curable hematologic malignancy in the era of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) combination treatment. However, only a modest change in early mortality rate has been observed despite the wide availability of ATRA. In addition to the clinical characteristics of APL patients, studies on the hospital volume-outcome relationship and the physician volume-outcome relationship remained limited. We aim to evaluate the association between hospital and physician volume and the early mortality rate among APL patients. The patients were collected from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD). Early mortality is defined as death within 30 days of diagnosis. Patients were categorized into four groups according to individual cumulative hospit

SUBMITTER: Wu CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11009737 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature