The effect of clinical pathway implementation on total hospital costs for thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 533-539

  Markey, Donna W ^a,b   Mcgowan, Jim ^a   Hanks, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PARATHYROID DISEASE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDECTOMY; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0034043013     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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