Clinical Pathway Implementation in the Acute Care Hospital Setting

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 54-61

  Little, Ann B ^a   Whipple, Thomas W ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical pathway; Documentation; Measurements; Outcomes; Quality improvement; Variance analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DOCUMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030345282     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-199612000-00009     Document Type: Article

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