Influence of Hospital Volume on Mortality Following Major Cancer Surgery

Reliability of Provider Volume and Outcome Associations for Healthcare Policy

“…26 Conversely, low-volume providers can have an excellent outcome. 27 The same surgeon could perform procedures in a large, high-volume hospital as well as in a small, low-volume hospital. 28 Some surgeons with low caseloads include those who are newly trained but have state-of-the-art skills, and very experienced surgeons with good outcome records could be lowvolume providers because they have reduced their workload before retirement.…”