| Title |
What is a clinical pathway? Development of a definition to inform the debate
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, May 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-8-31 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Leigh Kinsman, Thomas Rotter, Erica James, Pamela Snow, Jon Willis |
| Abstract |
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 and patient outcomes. This can be partially attributed to the confusion for both researchers and healthcare workers regarding what constitutes a clinical pathway. This paper describes efforts made by a team of Cochrane Review authors to develop criteria to assist in the objective identification of clinical pathway studies from the literature. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | <1% |
| Colombia | 2 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 2 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 510 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 112 | 21% |
| Researcher | 61 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 55 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 39 | 7% |
| Other | 38 | 7% |
| Other | 110 | 21% |
| Unknown | 111 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 143 | 27% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 80 | 15% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 39 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 35 | 7% |
| Engineering | 24 | 5% |
| Other | 78 | 15% |
| Unknown | 127 | 24% |
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