Effects of a clinical pathway of pulmonary lobectomy and bilobectomy on quality and cost of care

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 395, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1139-1146

  Schwarzbach, Matthias ^a   Rössner, Eric ^b   Schattenberg, Torsten ^b   Post, Stefan ^b   Hohenberger, Peter ^b   Ronellenfitsch, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical pathways; Health economics; Lobectomy; Outcomes; Perioperative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; THORACOTOMY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COST SAVINGS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PNEUMONECTOMY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 79952839031     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-010-0600-y     Document Type: Article

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