Optimal surgeon and hospital volume thresholds to reduce mortality and length of stay for CABG
Journal
PloS one
Journal Volume
16
Journal Issue
4
Pages
e0249750
Date Issued
2021
Author(s)
Abstract
We used nationwide population-based data to identify optimal hospital and surgeon volume thresholds and to discover the effects of these volume thresholds on operative mortality and length of stay (LOS) for coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG).
Other Subjects
adult; article; cohort analysis; coronary artery bypass surgery; emergency care; female; hospital volume; human; instrumental variable analysis; length of stay; major clinical study; male; national health insurance; outcome assessment; retrospective study; surgeon volume; surgical mortality; Taiwan; adolescent; aged; coronary artery bypass graft; factual database; high volume hospital; hospitalization; length of stay; medical education; middle aged; mortality; procedures; surgeon; very elderly; young adult; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Coronary Artery Bypass; Databases, Factual; Fellowships and Scholarships; Female; Hospitalization; Hospitals, High-Volume; Humans; Length of Stay; Male; Middle Aged; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Retrospective Studies; Surgeons; Taiwan; Young Adult
Type
journal article