The Effects of Clinical Pathways on Professional Practice, Patient Outcomes, Length of Stay, and Hospital Costs: Cochrane Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-27

  Rotter, Thomas ^a   Kinsman, Leigh ^b   James, Erica ^c   Machotta, Andreas ^d   Willis, Jon ^e   Snow, Pamela ^b   Kugler, Joachim ^f  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^d SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

clinical pathways; cochrane systematic review; hospitals; meta analysis; patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857094190     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278711407313     Document Type: Review

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