High-volume hospitals improve survival and reduce costs for necrotizing pancreatitis patients.
- Patients at high-volume centers had lower odds of mortality (odds ratio: 0.78) compared to low-volume hospitals.
- Even with higher overall mortality rates, high-volume hospitals had lower mortality for intervention-only patients (7.5% vs 12.0%, p < 0.001).
- High-volume centers also associated with shorter hospital stays and lower healthcare costs.
Consider directing patients to high-volume centers for better outcomes and resource management.
Journal Article by Nzenwa IC, Panossian VS (…) Luckhurst CM et 7 al. in Ann Surg
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