Clinical pathways improve hospital resource use in endocrine surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-41

  Kulkarni, Rajan P ^a   Ituarte, Philip H G ^a   Gunderson, Douglas ^a   Yeh, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDECTOMY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COST SAVINGS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ENDOCRINE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOS ANGELES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 78650606929     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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