Clinical care pathway for head and neck cancer: A valuable tool for decreasing resource utilization

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 258-262

  Gendron, Kristin M ^a   Lai, Stephen Y ^a   Weinstein, Gregory S ^a   Chalian, Ara A ^a   Husbands, Julian M ^a   Wolf, Patricia F ^a   DiDonato, Liesje ^a   Weber, Randal S ^a  

^a Department of Neck Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANCER PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; TRACHEOSTOMY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0036122661     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.128.3.258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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