Proving that less is more: Linking resources to outcomes

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Ebener, M Kathleen ^b   Baugh, Kathleen ^b   Formella, Nancy Mansheim ^a  

^a St Luke's Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; Clinical pathways; Financial outcomes; Managed care; Resource use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FLORIDA; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029690612     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-199601000-00002     Document Type: Article

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