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References from Thoracic Surgery Volume-Quality Relationship. Local targets link to admitted publications; unresolved targets remain external evidence.
Should operations be regionalized?: the empirical relation between surgical volume and mortality
10.1056/nejm197912203012503 · 1979 · External reference
Unresolved reference
2000 · External reference
Incidence of adverse events and negligence in hospitalized patients: results of the harvard medical practice study I
10.1056/nejm199102073240604 · 1991 · External reference
Incidence and types of adverse events and negligent care in Utah and Colorado
10.1097/00005650-200003000-00003 · 2000 · External reference
The nature of adverse events in hospitalized patients: results of the harvard medical practice study II
10.1056/nejm199102073240605 · 1991 · External reference
Improving the safety of health care: the leapfrog initiative
2000 · External reference
Hospital volume and surgical mortality in the United States
10.1056/nejmsa012337 · 2002 · External reference
Pledging to eliminate low-volume surgery
10.1056/nejmp1508472 · 2015 · External reference
Association of discretionary hospital volume standards for high-risk cancer surgery with patient outcomes and access, 2005-2016
10.1001/jamasurg.2019.3017 · 2019 · External reference
Trends in Hospital volume and operative mortality for high-risk surgery
10.1056/nejmsa1010705 · 2011 · External reference
The National Veterans Administration Surgical Risk Study: risk adjustment for the comparative assessment of the quality of surgical care
1995 · External reference
Relation of surgical volume to outcome in eight common operations: results from the VA National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
10.1097/00000658-199909000-00014 · 1999 · External reference
Present-at-admission diagnoses improve mortality risk adjustment and allow more accurate assessment of the relationship between volume of lung cancer operations and mortality risk
10.1016/j.surg.2005.04.004 · 2005 · External reference
Surgeon specialty and long-term survival after pulmonary resection for lung cancer
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.12.030 · 2009 · External reference
Impacts of positive margins and surgical extent on outcomes after early-stage lung cancer resection
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.05.032 · 2024 · External reference
Surgeon experience versus volume differentially affects lower extremity bypass outcomes in contemporary practice
10.1016/j.jvs.2021.05.029 · 2021 · External reference
Teamwork and communication skills in cardiothoracic surgery
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.01.067 · 2017 · External reference
Association of anesthesiologist staffing ratio with surgical patient morbidity and mortality
10.1001/jamasurg.2022.2804 · 2022 · External reference
Systematic review of multidisciplinary teams in the management of lung cancer
10.1016/j.lungcan.2008.01.008 · 2008 · External reference
Volume pledge is not associated with better short-term outcomes after lung cancer resection
10.1200/jco.20.00329 · 2020 · External reference
The volume-outcome relationship: practice-makes-perfect or selective-referral patterns?
1987 · External reference
How do hospital inpatients conceptualise patient safety? A qualitative interview study using constructivist grounded theory
10.1136/bmjqs-2022-014695 · 2023 · External reference
Patient and caregiver considerations and priorities when selecting hospitals for complex cancer care
10.1245/s10434-020-09506-2 · 2021 · External reference
Disparities in the utilization of high-volume hospitals for complex surgery
10.1001/jama.296.16.1973 · 2006 · External reference
Patient attitudes regarding high-risk low-volume surgery
10.1093/milmed/usac398 · 2023 · External reference
Variation in esophagectomy outcomes in hospitals meeting leapfrog volume outcome standards
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.006 · 2011 · External reference
Are minimum volume standards appropriate for lung and esophageal surgery?
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.11.073 · 2018 · External reference
A guide for transition from cardiothoracic surgery training to practice
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.03.026 · 2025 · External reference
Unresolved reference
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Causes and consequences of rural hospital closures
10.1002/jhm.12973 · 2022 · External reference
The bystander effect: impact of rural hospital closures on the operations and financial well-being of surrounding healthcare institutions
10.1002/jhm.12961 · 2022 · External reference
Regionalization in thoracic surgery: the importance of the team
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.06.138 · 2021 · External reference
Racial and socioeconomic differences in the use of high-volume Commission on cancer-accredited hospitals for cancer surgery in the United States
10.1245/s10434-018-6374-0 · 2018 · External reference
Regional availability of high-volume hospitals for major surgery: many patients continue to undergo high-risk surgery at hospitals with inadequate experience in performing their procedure
10.1377/hlthaff.var.45 · 2004 · External reference
Surgeon volume and operative mortality in the United States
10.1056/nejmsa035205 · 2003 · External reference
Hospital volume and failure to rescue with high-risk surgery
10.1097/mlr.0b013e3182329b97 · 2011 · External reference
A general framework for estimating volume-outcome associations from longitudinal data
10.1002/sim.4410 · 2012 · External reference
Modelling volume outcome relationships in health care
10.1002/sim.10339 · 2025 · External reference
Variation in outcomes across surgeons meeting the Leapfrog volume standard for complex oncologic surgery
10.1002/cncr.33766 · 2021 · External reference
Mortality after esophagectomy: analysis of individual complications and their association with mortality
10.1007/s11605-019-04346-2 · 2020 · External reference
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2024 risk models for lung cancer resection: continued refinement and improved outcomes
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.07.047 · 2025 · External reference
Surgical mortality as an indicator of hospital quality: the problem with small sample size
10.1001/jama.292.7.847 · 2004 · External reference
Patient-reported outcomes in thoracic surgery-opportunities and current challenges
10.21037/jtd.2019.12.139 · 2020 · External reference
Patient-reported outcomes following esophagectomy
10.21037/jtd-24-487 · 2024 · External reference
The quality of care: how can it be assessed?
10.1001/jama.1988.03410120089033 · 1988 · External reference
Understanding and reducing variation in surgical mortality
10.1146/annurev.med.60.062107.101214 · 2009 · External reference
