What is a clinical pathway? Development of a definition to inform the debate
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Clinical pathways are tools used to guide evidence-based healthcare that have been implemented internationally since the 1980s. However, there is widespread lack of agreement on the impact of clinical pathways on hospital resources a...
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Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-05-01
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Series: | BMC Medicine |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/8/31 |