A clinical pathway in breast cancer surgery: Pathway monitoring and impact;Klinischer behandlungspfad für die mammachirurgie: pfadcontrolling und effekte

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 617-622

  Richter Ehrenstein, C ^a   Schneider, A ^a   Kramer M ^a   Heymann, S ^a   Schmidt, D ^a   Eveslage, K ^a   Spatzker, S ^a   Vargas Hein, O ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast surgery; Clinical pathway; Inhospital stay; Total cost per case

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 77149174832     PISSN: 00165751     EISSN: 14388804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1185924     Document Type: Article

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