Role of nursing personnel in implementing clinical pathways and decreasing hospital costs for major vascular surgery

Journal of Vascular Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 57-61

  Calligaro, Keith D ^a   Miller, Patrice ^a   Dougherty, Matthew J ^a   Raviola, Carol A ^a   DeLaurentis, Dominic A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; STANDARD; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0030225044     PISSN: 10620303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-0303(96)80001-X     Document Type: Article

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