Critical pathways: What do you do when they do not seem to work?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 224-225

  Weingarten, Scott ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PATHWAY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0035865775     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00739-7     Document Type: Editorial

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