Reduced length of stay by implementation of a clinical pathway for bariatric surgery in an academic health care center

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1128-1135

  Huerta, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; ECONOMICS; GASTROPLASTY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; STANDARD; STOMACH BYPASS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOS ANGELES;

EID: 0035653755     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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