Development and Implementation of a Clinical Pathway to Reduce Inappropriate Admissions Among Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in a Private Health System in Brazil: An Observational Cohort Study and a Promising Tool for Efficiency Improvement.
Rodrigo C MoreiraHugo T Mendonca-FilhoAyla M FariasHenry SznejderEddy LangMargaret M WilsonPublished in: Open access emergency medicine : OAEM (2020)
The implementations of a clinical pathway diminished the proportion of low-risk CAP admissions with no apparent increase in clinical outcomes within 30 days. Nonetheless, additional factors influence the clinical decision about the site of care management in low-risk CAP.