Implementation of a critical pathway for distal pancreatectomy at an academic institution

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 938-944

  Kennedy, Eugene P ^a   Grenda, Tyler R ^a   Sauter, Patricia K ^a   Rosato, Ernest L ^a   Chojnacki, Karen A ^a   Rosato Jr, Francis E ^a   Profeta, Bernadette C ^a   Doria, Cataldo ^a   Berger, Adam C ^a   Yeo, Charles J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical pathway; Distal pancreatectomy; Hospital charges; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 64749106879     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-009-0803-0     Document Type: Article

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