Use of a critical pathway to move laparoscopic cholecystectomy to the ambulatory surgery arena

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 531-534

  Irizarry, Jennie M ^a   Graham, Marsha H ^a   Cordts, Paul R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MANAGED CARE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH;

EID: 0032990468     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.7.531     Document Type: Article

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