Clinical care pathways: decreasing resource utilization in head and neck surgical patients
| Autor: | Julian M. Husbands, Erica R. Thaler, Andrew N. Goldberg, Ara A. Chalian, Gregory S. Weinstein, Randal S. Weber, Ronit L. Karpati, Patricia F. Wolf |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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medicine.medical_specialty MEDLINE 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Clinical pathway medicine Humans Clinical care 030223 otorhinolaryngology Intensive care medicine Head and neck Reimbursement Aged Neoplasm Staging business.industry Head and neck cancer Middle Aged Pennsylvania medicine.disease Treatment Outcome Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Neoplasms 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Critical Pathways Health Resources Surgery Female business Resource utilization Surgical patients |
| Zdroj: | Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 121(6) |
| ISSN: | 0194-5998 |
| Popis: | In this era of decreasing reimbursement, health systems have been forced to become more efficient and decrease resource utilization to remain financially viable. One of the methods of internal cost control has been the use of clinical pathways. Given the complexity of treatment of head and neck cancer patients, clinical pathways can help to standardize decision making and introduce uniformity in resource utilization. The objective of this study is to compare resource utilization and outcomes before and after implementation of a clinical pathway for head and neck surgical patients. We observed significant decreases in hospital costs as well as shorter lengths of stay after pathway implementation. It is our belief that a uniform management tool is beneficial in this complex disease. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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