Abstract
Denmark is a small country (about 5 million inhabitants) and has a unique registration of hospital admissions, surgical procedures and specific person-numbers in national registers. However, there is currently no system to monitor the overall quality of surgical care. Also, surgical services are provided in a large number of hospitals. In order to provide a rational basis of professional and administrative strategies to monitor and improve the quality of surgical care, establishment of a nation-wide monitoring system and quality improvement programme is required as well as regionalisation of major procedures.
| Translated title of the contribution | [Surgical services in Denmark--time for reorganization?] |
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| Original language | Danish |
| Journal | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
| Volume | 165 |
| Issue number | 28 |
| Pages (from-to) | 2813-5 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISSN | 0041-5782 |
| Publication status | Published - 7 Jul 2003 |