Impact of suspending minimum volume requirements for knee arthroplasty on hospitals in Germany: an u...
Impact of suspending minimum volume requirements for knee arthroplasty on hospitals in Germany: an uncontrolled before–after study
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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In 2004, the Federal Joint Committee, supreme decision-making body in German healthcare, introduced minimum volume requirements (MVRQs) as a quality instrument. Since then, MVRQs were implemented for seven hospital procedures. This study evaluates the effect of a system-wide intermission of MVRQ for total knee arthroplasty (TKA), demanding 50 annua...
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Impact of suspending minimum volume requirements for knee arthroplasty on hospitals in Germany: an uncontrolled before–after study
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_2192ca164b6a4668a9a6aecd7d510a9e
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_2192ca164b6a4668a9a6aecd7d510a9e
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1472-6963
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1472-6963
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10.1186/s12913-020-05957-1
