Integrated care pathways: Disease-specific or process-specific?

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 132-135

  Edwards, Simon G M ^b   Thompson, Alan J ^a,b   Playford, E Diane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integrated care pathways; Neurorehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED CARE PATHWAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REHABILITATION CENTER; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STROKE; ADOLESCENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SPINAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4043151560     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.4-2-132     Document Type: Article

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