  Research articleA systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of clinical pathways on length of stay, hospital costs and patient outcomesThomas Rotter1* 1 Department of Public Health, Dresden Medical School, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany 2 Institute of Medical Statistics, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany 3 IGES Institute GmbH, Berlin, Germany 4 Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 5 Center for Medical Decision Making, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:265doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-265
Additional filesAdditional file 1: Quality criteria for RCTs and CCTs. The depicted quality criteria represent the standard used for quality assessment Format: PDF Size: 40KB Download file This file can be viewed with: Adobe Acrobat Reader Additional file 2: Formulas log transformation. The depicted formula was used for log transformation Format: PDF Size: 21KB Download file This file can be viewed with: Adobe Acrobat Reader Additional file 3: Characteristics of excluded studies. The table briefly reflects the characteristics of excluded studies and the reasons for exclusion Format: PDF Size: 32KB Download file This file can be viewed with: Adobe Acrobat Reader Additional file 4: References to excluded studies. The table depicts the references to excluded studies Format: PDF Size: 40KB Download file This file can be viewed with: Adobe Acrobat Reader |
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