The Mastectomy Clinical Pathway: What Has It Achieved?

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 440-445

  Santoso, U ^a   Iau, P T C ^b   Lim, J ^b   Koh, C S L ^b   Pang, Y T ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cost of care; Length of hospital stay; Problem identification; Quality of care; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PATHWAY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036634567     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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