Volume Pledge is Not Associated with Better Short-Term Outcomes After Lung Cancer Resection.
Farhood FarjahMaria V Grau-SepulvedaHenning GaissertMark BlockEric GroganLisa M BrownAndrzej S KosinskiBenjamin D KozowerPublished in: Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2020)
The Volume Pledge was not associated with better outcomes except for a marginally shorter length of stay. A re-examination of volume-outcome relationships for hospitals and surgeons yielded mixed results that did not reveal a practical alternative for volume-based quality improvement efforts.