Why the study?
Do process improvement measures reduce morbidity and hospital costs in patients undergoing elective pancreatic resection?
Population
296 patients undergoing elective pancreatic resection over 5 years at a university tertiary care referral…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
5 years
Authors
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Supports process improvements for lower morbidity and costs in pancreatic resection; hypothesis-generating pending multicenter confirmation.
Do process improvement measures reduce morbidity and hospital costs in patients undergoing elective pancreatic resection?
Process improvement measures in high-acuity surgery can effectively reduce both morbidity and hospital costs despite increasing patient acuity.
Charles M. Vollmer (2007) studied this question.
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