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Minimum hospital procedure volumes are discussed as an instrument for quality assurance. In 2004 Germany introduced such annual minimum volumes nationwide on five surgical procedures: kidney, liver, stem cell transplantation, complex oesophageal, and pancreatic interventions. The present investigation is the first part of a study evaluating the effects of these minimum volumes on health care provision. Research questions address how many hospitals and cases were affected by minimum volume regulations in 2004, how affected hospitals were distributed according to minimum volumes, and how many hospitals within the 16 German states complied with the standards set for 2004.
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Professorship for Public Health, University Hospital of the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. werner.de-cruppe@uni-duesseldorf.de
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