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Designing a Carotid Endarterectomy Critical Pathway for Your Organization
2000
Military medicine
Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is one of the topfive surgical diagnosis-related groups at Keesler Medical Center. The geometric mean length of stay for CEA during fiscal year (FY) 1996 was 5.84 days (N = 41), compared with 1.79 for a benchmark facility. Objective: Create a critical pathway to standardize care, maintain/improve patient outcomes, reduce lengths of stay, and decrease costs. Methods: A multidisciplinary team was formed to evaluate four patient-flow options. The team decided to
doi:10.1093/milmed/165.5.385
pmid:10826387
fatcat:sgdbaf4f55cvxmozoa5q3zlc4e