Economic impact of an enhanced recovery pathway for oesophagectomy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1326-1334

  Lee, L ^a   Li, C ^a   Robert, N ^a   Latimer, E ^c   Carli, F ^b   Mulder, D S ^a   Fried, G M ^a   Ferri, L E ^a   Feldman, L S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Department of Anaesthesia ^*  (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 84881653514     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9224     Document Type: Article

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