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Christian Ohmann2,
Karl Blum3 &
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Volume-outcome associations have been broadly discussed since Luft's first investigations [1] in the late seventies. In the centre of attention are studies on single procedures, mostly complex surgical and other interventional procedures [2–11], and the intention to derive minimum volume standards. Methodological aspects have been debated as well [12–16] with particular focus on statistical adjustment procedures and on how minimum volumes effect the geographically equal access to care by causing centralisation of care [17–21] as well as accessibility of providers from the patients' perspective [22]. Review articles by Halm [23] and Gandjour et al. [24] resume and reflect the evidence. A summary by Shahian et al. [25] and an illustrative debate between Sheikh and Luft in Medical Care 2003 [26–28] depict the current state of debate.
Table 1 Annual minimum volume standards and their time of coming into effect in Germany
Table 2 The German states, size, population and hospitals in 2004
Table 3 Hospitals performing the minimum volume regulation liver transplantation and official number of liver transplantation centres in 2004
Table 4 Hospitals performing the minimum volume regulation kidney transplantation and official number of kidney transplantation centres in 2004
Table 5 Hospitals performing the minimum volume regulation stem cell transplantation
Table 6 Hospitals performing the minimum volume regulation complex oesophageal intervention
Table 7 Hospitals performing the minimum volume regulation complex pancreatic intervention
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Professorship for Public Health, University Hospital of the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
& Max Geraedts
Coordination Centre for Clinical Studies, University Hospital of the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
German Hospital Institute, Hansaallee 201, 40549, Düsseldorf, Germany
Correspondence to Werner de Cruppé.
de Cruppé, W., Ohmann, C., Blum, K. et al. Evaluating compulsory minimum volume standards in Germany: how many hospitals were compliant in 2004?. BMC Health Serv Res 7, 165 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-7-165
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