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Using detailed billing data to develop critical paths.

S Metzler
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In summary, billing data can provide valuable information that is key to critical path development. The data can easily be retrieved and analyzed without time-consuming medical record review and will help focus development efforts on treatment patterns that can have the greatest impact on patient care. This impact will vary from hospital to hospital depending on the objectives of the critical path development and educate developers in the process.

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Data Interpretation, StatisticalDatabase Management SystemsHip ProsthesisHumansPatient Credit and CollectionPractice Guidelines as TopicPractice Patterns, Physicians'Program DevelopmentUnited StatesJournal Article

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S Metzler. 1994. Using detailed billing data to develop critical paths.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10132167/

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