Deviation-Based Cost Modeling: A Novel Model to Evaluate the Clinical and Economic Impact of Clinical Pathways

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 570-579

  Vanounou, Tsafrir ^a   Pratt, Wande ^a   Fischer, Josef E ^a   Vollmer Jr , Charles M ^a   Callery, Mark P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COST SAVINGS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY;

EID: 33947248582     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.01.025     Document Type: Article

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