Experimental Prospective Study on the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Implementation of Clinical Pathways

Clinical pathways are a methodology for the mutual decision making and organization of care for a well-defined group of patients during a well-defined period with the aim to enhance the quality of care by improving patient outcomes, promoting patient safety, increasing patient satisfaction, and optimizing the use of resources. They are also developed by multi-professional teams

Usual care is the current practice actually performed in the hospital