Assessing the hospital volume-outcome relationship in surgery: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Many recent studies have investigated the hospital volume-outcome relationship in surgery. In some cases, the results have prompted the centralization of surgical activity. However, the methodologies and interpretations differ markedly from one study to another. The objective of the present scoping review was to describe the various features used to assess the volume-outcome relationship: the analyzed datasets, study population, outcome, covariates, confounders, volume modalities, and statistical methods.

Methods and analysis

The review was conducted according to a study protocol published in BMJ Open in 2020. Two authors (both of whom had helped to design the study protocol) screened publications independently according to the title, the abstract and then the f

SUBMITTER: Levaillant M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8502281 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature