Clinical care pathways: Decreasing resource utilization in head and neck surgical patients

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 755-759

  Husbands, Julian M ^a   Weber, Randal S ^a,b   Karpati, Ronit L ^a   Weinstein, Gregory S ^a   Chalian, Ara A ^a   Goldberg, Andrew N ^a   Thaler, Erica R ^a   Wolf, Patricia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032762655     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hn.1999.v121.a98217     Document Type: Article

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