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Title
Regionalization of high-risk surgery and implications for patient travel times.
Authors
Birkmeyer, John D; Siewers, Andrea E; Marth, Nancy J; Goodman, David C
Abstract
Given the strong volume-outcome relationships observed with many surgical procedures, restricting some procedures to hospitals exceeding a minimum volume standard is advocated. However, such regionalization policies might cause unreasonable travel burdens for surgical patients.