Clinical pathways - An evaluation of its impact on the quality of care in an acute care general hospital in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 335-346

  Cheah, Jason ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Multidisciplinary; Processes of care; Variance analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; STANDARD; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034217777     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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