Hoogendoorn D
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1989 Jan 28;133(4):162-7.
The number of operations performed clinically has decreased fairly steeply, mostly since 1982, the start of hospital budgeting. This decrease concerns all age groups except that of 65 and older. It appears that especially the minor operations are performed in the outpatient clinic more often than formerly. In spite of the fact that this renders the clinical operation schedule gradually heavier, the mortality of patients undergoing clinical operations, already low, continues to decrease rather rather markedly. These findings strongly suggest that the progress of modern medicine also particularly benefits the aged.
自1982年医院预算制度开始实施以来，临床手术数量大幅下降。除65岁及以上年龄段外，所有年龄组的手术数量均有所减少。似乎特别是小手术，现在在门诊进行的频率比以前更高。尽管这使得临床手术安排逐渐加重，但临床手术患者的死亡率本就很低，现在仍在显著下降。这些发现有力地表明，现代医学的进步尤其使老年人受益。
