Outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Patient outcomes after implementation of a clinical pathway

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 233, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 704-715

  Calland, J Forrest ^a   Tanaka, Koji ^a   Foley, Eugene ^a   Bovbjerg, Viktor E ^a   Markey, Donna W ^a   Blome, Sonia ^a   Minasi, John S ^a   Hanks, John B ^a   Moore, Marcia M ^a   Young, Jeffery S ^a   Jones, R Scott ^a   Schirmer, Bruce D ^a   Adams, Reid B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0035038552     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200105000-00015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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