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  • SAF8: Is there evidence that harms increase or decrease in different organizational settings?
Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm Screening
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Is there evidence that harms increase or decrease in different organizational settings?

Authors: Iñaki Imaz, Sonia García-Pérez, Jesús González-Enríquez, Javiera Valdés, Andrés Fernández-Ramos, Carmen Bouza, Antonio Sarría-Santamera

Internal reviewers: Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Mirjana Huic, Aurora Llanos, Ingvil Sæterdal

Hospital volume, surgeon volume, and surgeon´s specialisation in vascular surgery have all been found to be highly associated with mortality when an AAA is detected and repaired {37}, which makes it advisable that both open and endovascular repair of intact AAA should be performed by high-volume hospitals and high-volume surgeons.

Attendance rate is another relevant factor associated with AAA screening outcomes. More information on differences in attendance rates between AAA screening programmes is available in result cards RC-CUR23 and RC-ORG5.

More information about the volume-outcome relationship is available in result card RC-SAF4.

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Imaz I et al. Result Card SAF8 In: Imaz I et al. Safety In: Jefferson T, Vicari N, Frønsdal K [eds.]. Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm Screening [Core HTA], Agenzia nationale per i servizi sanitari regionali (age.na.s), Italy; 2013. [cited 28 May 2023]. Available from: http://corehta.info/ViewCover.aspx?id=106

References

  • {37}  Couto E, Duffy SW, Ashton HA, Walker NM, Myles JP, Scott RA et al. Probabilities of progression of aortic aneurysms: estimates and implications for screening policy. J Med Screen 2002; 9(1):40-42.