Can practice guidelines safely reduce hospital length of stay? Results from a multicenter interventional study

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-40

  Weingarten, Scott ^a,b,c   Riedinger, Mary S ^a,b,c   Sandhu, Meenu ^a,b,c   Bowers, Constance ^a,b,c   Ellrodt, A Gray ^a,b,c   Nunn, Chalmers ^a,b,c   Hobson, Patricia ^a,b,c   Greengold, Nancy ^a,b,c  

^a Cedars Sinai Health System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Nash General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032126665     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(98)00129-6     Document Type: Article

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