Reduction of hospital stay and cost after the implementation of a clinical pathway for radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Gastric Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-85

  So, Jimmy B Y ^a   Lim, Ziliang L ^a   Lin, Heng An ^a   Ti, Thiow Kong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Clinical pathway; Gastrectomy; Gastric cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; GASTRECTOMY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER;

AGED; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 46449107368     PISSN: 14363291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-008-0458-7     Document Type: Article

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