High-Volume Hospitals Better for Abdominal Aortic Rupture Repairs

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"Our results show that hospital volume is still a valid quality indicator for AAA surgery," Dimick said. "Some researchers used to think endovascular technology would change referral patterns, altering case-mix distribution and potentially diminish the apparent volume effect; our study proves that referral patterns have not altered the impact of volume on outcome. Also, our data shows that high volume hospitals are doing fewer open repairs, but still have very low mortality rates for open repair. These data clearly show that high volume hospitals are performing well despite any changes in referral patterns."

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