Impact of suspending minimum volume requirements for knee arthroplasty on hospitals in Germany: an uncontrolled before–after study
Abstract Background 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 inte...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-12-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05957-1 |