Table 9. Ten Procedures with Evidence of a Volume-to-Outcome Link


Procedure: Elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
A low-volume hospital performs fewer than: 32

Procedure: Carotid endarterectomy
A low-volume hospital performs fewer than: 101

Procedure: Lower extremity arterial bypass
A low-volume hospital performs fewer than: 20

Procedure: Coronary artery bypass graft
A low-volume hospital performs fewer than: 500

Procedure: Coronary angioplasty
A low-volume hospital performs fewer than: 400

Procedure: Heart transplantation
A low-volume hospital performs fewer than: 9

Procedure: Pediatric heart surgery
A low-volume hospital performs fewer than: 100

Procedure: Pancreatic cancer surgery
A low-volume hospital performs fewer than: 7

Procedure: Esophageal cancer surgery
A low-volume hospital performs fewer than: 7

Procedure: Cerebral aneurysm surgery
A low-volume hospital performs fewer than: 30


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