Impact of a clinical pathway for elective infrarenal aortic reconstructions

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 227, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 691-701

  Huber, Thomas S ^a   Carlton, Lori M ^a   Harward, Timothy R S ^a   Russin, Mildred M ^b   Phillips, Paul T ^b   Nalli, Betty J ^b   Flynn, Timothy C ^a,c   Seeger, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031795013     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199805000-00009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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