Is there a relationship between physician and facility volumes of ambulatory procedures and patient outcomes

摘要: This study explores associations between patient outcomes (7- and 30-day hospitalization mortality) healthcare provider (physician facility) volumes of outpatient colonoscopy, cataract removal, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy performed in surgical settings Florida. Findings indicate that patients treated by high-volume physicians or facilities had lower adjusted odds ratios for hospitalizations mortality. When physician facility volume were assessed simultaneously, accounted larger effects than models. assessing both together mortality, was a stronger predictor mortality at 30 days. Further examinations are suggested.