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Download or read book Interpreting the Volume-Outcome Relationship in the Context of Cancer Care written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-08-11 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interpreting the Volume-Outcome Relationship in the Context of Cancer Care is a summary of a workshop held on May 11, 2000, which brought together experts to review evidence of the relationship between volume of services and health-related outcomes for cancer and other conditions, discuss methodological issues related to the interpretation of the association between volume and outcome, assess the applicability of volume as an indicator of quality of care; and identify research needed to better understand the volume-outcome relationship and its application to quality improvement.