The impact of a clinical pathway for transurethral resection of the prostate on costs and clinical outcomes

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 345-350

  Liao, Shu Lang ^a   Chu, Shu Hsun ^a   Chen, Yung Tai ^a   Chung, Kuo Piao ^b   Lai, Ming Kuen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Case payment; Clinical pathway; Quality of care; Resource consumption

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URETHRA;

EID: 0031799052     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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