# OnCo record centralisation (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/centralisation/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "centralisation" ;
  schema:name "Centralisation and high-volume centres"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "centralisation"@en, "centralization"@en, "centralised"@en, "centralized"@en, "high-volume centre"@en, "high-volume centres"@en, "high-volume center"@en, "high-volume"@en, "volume-outcome"@en, "volume–outcome"@en, "hospital volume"@en, "surgeon volume"@en, "specialist centre"@en, "referral centre"@en, "tertiary centre"@en, "expert centre"@en, "reference centre"@en, "centres of excellence"@en, "regionalisation"@en, "regionalization"@en, "centers of excellence"@en, "reference centres"@en, "referral centres"@en, "specialist centres"@en ;
  schema:description "Concentrating complex cancer surgery (oesophagus, pancreas, bladder, liver) and rare cancer care in fewer hospitals that perform each operation often. Hospitals and surgeons with high volumes have fewer deaths and complications, so the Netherlands, Denmark and parts of the UK mandate minimum volumes; patients travel further, and rural access suffers."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/centralisation/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-09"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMsa012337> ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/terms/oesophagectomy/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/whipple/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/surgical-morbidity/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/rare-cancers/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/telemedicine-teleoncology/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/community-oncology-networks/> ;
  onco:keyPapers <https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-birkmeyer-n-engl-j-med/> .