Design and use of patient pathways in general surgery;Entwicklung und einsatz von patientenpfaden in der allgemeinchirurgie

Chirurg

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 907-915

  Wicke, C ^a   Teichmann, R ^a   Holler, T ^b   Rehder, F ^c   Becker, H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^c KPMG   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost control; Educational tool; Patient pathways; Practice guidelines; Quality management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON CARCINOMA; COST CONTROL; DIVERTICULITIS; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COST CONTROL; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DIVERTICULITIS; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 5444241871     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00104-004-0831-y     Document Type: Article

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