Virtual care provision and emergency department use among children and youth
Freire G, Cohen E, Stukel TA, Sharpe I, Wang X, Rosenfield D, Altaf A, Guttman A, Kopec M, Saunders NR. JAMA Netw Open. 2025; 8(12): e2550532
Over the past three decades, a growing body of research has shown that the outcomes of complex surgical procedures are better in hospitals that perform a large number of similar procedures (Halm et al. 2002; Luft et al. 1979). There has been increasing interest in policies that restrict certain surgical procedures to high-volume hospitals (Epstein 2002), a strategy often described as "regionalization." The intent of regionalization is to reduce the risk of poorer outcomes associated with treatment at low-volume hospitals, particularly for high-risk procedures such as coronary artery bypass graft and major pancreatic surgery.