Regionalization of pancreatic surgery in California: Benefits for preventing postoperative deaths and reducing healthcare costs

Introduction: Pancreatic cancer (PC) surgery has been associated with improved outcomes and value when performed at high-volume centers (HVC; ≥20 surgeries annually) compared to low-volume centers (LVC). Some have used these differences to suggest that regionalization of PC surgery would optimize pa...

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Main Authors: Lauren M. Perry, MD, Robert J. Canter, MD, Cameron E. Gaskill, MD, MPH, Richard J. Bold, MD, MBA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:Surgery Open Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589845023001021