Clinical pathways: Effects on practice, outcomes, and costs

American Family Physician

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1338-1339

  Seehusen, Dean A ^a  

^a EVANS ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL RISK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 79952117849     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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