Inpatient mortality and failure to rescue in lung cancer patients by hospital certification status: Cross-sectional analysis of nationwide german discharge data 2014–2023

While certified centers demonstrated lower in-hospital mortality and failure to rescue rates in specific years, including hospital case volume as a covariate reduced the magnitude of the differences between certified and non-certified hospitals. These results suggest that certification status and hospital case volume interact in complex ways, underscoring the need for further investigation into their independent and combined effects on patient outcomes.