"Hospitals, Low-Volume" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Hospitals with a much lower than average utilization by physicians and smaller number of procedures.
| Descriptor ID |
D061846
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.421.434
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| Concept/Terms |
Hospitals, Low-Volume- Hospitals, Low-Volume
- Hospital, Low-Volume
- Hospitals, Low Volume
- Low-Volume Hospital
- Low-Volume Hospitals
- Low Volume Hospitals
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hospitals, Low-Volume" by people in Profiles.
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Association Between Hospital Volumes and Clinical Outcomes for Patients With Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 08 03; 10(15):e018373.
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Global impact of COVID-19 on stroke care. Int J Stroke. 2021 07; 16(5):573-584.
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Combined Hepatopancreaticobiliary Volume and Hepatectomy Outcomes in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients at Low-Volume Liver Centers. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 06; 232(6):864-871.
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Volume of Pancreas-Adjacent Operations Favorably Influences Pancreaticoduodenectomy Outcomes at Lower Volume Pancreas Centers. Ann Surg. 2022 08 01; 276(2):e102-e107.
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Margin Positivity in Resectable Esophageal Cancer: Are there Modifiable Risk Factors? Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 May; 27(5):1496-1507.
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Transfer of a minimally invasive mitral valve repair program from a high-volume center to a very low volume center: how many cases are necessary to maintain acceptable results? Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Jul; 67(7):577-584.
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Hospital Quality Metrics: "America's Best Hospitals" and Outcomes After Ischemic Stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2019 Feb; 28(2):430-434.
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Hospital Volume of Immunosuppressed Patients with Sepsis and Sepsis Mortality. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 08; 15(8):962-969.
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Patient and surgeon factors explain variation in the frequency of frontal sinus surgery. Laryngoscope. 2018 09; 128(9):2008-2014.
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Association between hospital volume and receipt of treatment and survival in patients with glioblastoma. J Neurooncol. 2017 Dec; 135(3):529-534.