J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 125(6): 504-508, 2024
Feature topic
PROPOSAL FOR THE REGIONALIZATION OF HOSPITALS FOR CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY
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Department of General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan Naoki Yoshimura |
In Japan, the large number of hospitals performing congenital heart surgery has resulted in a low procedural volume per institution. Regionalization is not only a matter of increasing the number of procedures but also a long, gradual process that requires the maturation of medical and co-medical teams and the gathering of healthcare resources.
There are many problems that need to be resolved to facilitate regionalization. However, in order to provide safe, sustainable medical care from the neonatal period to adulthood, it is inevitable and urgent to promote regionalization for congenital heart surgery.
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