The Lean method as a clinical pathway facilitator in patients with lung cancer

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 169-174

  Aasebø, Ulf ^a,b   Strøm, Hans Henrik ^c   Postmyr, Merete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Helgeland Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Facilitator; Lean method; Lung cancer; Patient pathway

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEAN PROCESS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862596608     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-699X.2011.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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