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Edwards, S. G. M., Thompson, A. J. and Playford, E. Diane (2004) Integrated care pathways : disease-specific or process-specific? Clinical Medicine, 4 (2). pp. 132-135. doi:doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.4-2-132 ISSN 1470-2118.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.4-2-132
Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIM:
conventional teaching on integrated care pathways (ICP) suggests that they have to be specific both to a particular setting and to a specific diagnosis. We wished to explore the potential for a generic process-based care pathway.
STUDY DESIGN:
we evaluated three different, disease-specific ICPs in use on a neurological rehabilitation unit to identify prompts common to and differing between them. Variance types and goal outcomes in all three diagnostic groups were compared.
RESULTS:
93% of prompts on the care pathway were common to all three diagnostic groups. The prompts that differed were unique to each diagnostic group and provided important guidelines about management.
CONCLUSION:
in neurorehabilitation, where the process of multidisciplinary care is well defined, it is possible to develop a process-based ICP. Process-based ICPs may not be unique to rehabilitation but may also be relevant to other settings in which patients with differing diagnoses share similar needs.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Clinical Medicine | ||||
| Publisher: | Royal College of Physicians | ||||
| ISSN: | 1470-2118 | ||||
| Official Date: | March 2004 | ||||
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| Volume: | 4 | ||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 132-135 | ||||
| DOI: | doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.4-2-132 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | WoS ID: 000227936900010 | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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