Why do high-volume hospitals achieve better outcomes? A systematic review about intermediate factors in volume-outcome relationships

Health Policy

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1055-1067

  Mesman, Roos ^a,b   Westert, Gert P ^c   Berden, Bart J M M ^a,d   Faber, Marjan J ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Reinier Haga Groep   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health care policy; Quality improvement; Selective purchasing; Systematic review; Volume outcome relationships

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING; SPECIALIZATION; STUDY DESIGN; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84983168561     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.04.005     Document Type: Review

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