Evaluation of the clinical pathway for laparoscopic cholecystectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-45

  Soria, Víctor ^a   Pellicer, Enrique ^a   Flores, Benito ^a   Carrasco, Milagros ^a   Candel, Maria Fe ^a   Aguayo, Jose Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MORALES MESEGUER   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOPERITONEUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REOPERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LENGTH OF STAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 14944346689     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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