Prevalence and use of clinical pathways in 23 countries - An international survey by the European Pathway Association

Journal of Integrated Care Pathways

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-34

  Vanhaecht, Kris ^a,n   Bollmann, Marcus ^b,n   Bower, Kathy ^c,n   Gallagher, Clare ^d,n   Gardini, Andrea ^e,n   Guezo, Jen ^f,n   Jansen, Uwe ^g,n   Massoud, Rashad ^h,n   Moody, Karen ^i,n   Sermeus, Walter ^a,n   Van Zelm, Ruben ^j,n   Whittle, Claire ^k,n   Yazbeck, Anne Marie ^l,n   Zander, Karen ^c,n   Panella, Massimiliano ^m,n  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

^c Center for Case Management   (United States)

^d Patient Concern   (United Kingdom)

^e International Society for Quality in Healthcare   (Italy)

^f Board of Health   (United Kingdom)

^g KISS Project and General Practitioners Part   (Denmark)

^h INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

ⁱ Integrated Care Pathway User Group   (United Kingdom)

^j Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement CBO   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^l Ministry for Health   (Slovenia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

ⁿ European Pathway Association   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PREVALENCE; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646745130     PISSN: 14732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/j.jicp.2006.124     Document Type: Article

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