Success of clinical pathways for total joint arthroplasty in a community hospital

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 457, Issue , 2007, Pages 133-137

  Walter, Frank L ^a,b   Bass, Nora ^a   Bock, Gregory ^a   Markel, David C ^a,b,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ENOXAPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; CASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34147148026     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000246567.88585.0a     Document Type: Article

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