A systematic review of economic evaluations of enhanced recovery pathways for colorectal surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 670-676

  Lee, Lawrence ^a   Li, Chao ^a   Landry, Tara ^b   Latimer, Eric ^c,d   Carli, Franco ^a   Fried, Gerald M ^a   Feldman, Liane S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colorectal surgery; cost effectiveness; enhanced recovery pathway; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COLON SURGERY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY PATHWAY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SERVICE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY CONTROL; RECTUM SURGERY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHINA; COLECTOMY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; NEW ZEALAND; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCTOCOLECTOMY, RESTORATIVE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RECTUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84895920832     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318295fef8     Document Type: Review

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