The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of implementation of a critical pathway after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation on length of stay and hospital charges. Two well-matched groups were compared: 10 patients who received transplants in 1991 (before implementation of the critical pathway) and 10 patients who received transplants in 1995 (after implementation). For the initial transplant hospitalization, the critical pathway was associated with significant reductions in length of stay, total number of laboratory tests, clinical laboratory charges, and total inpatient charges with organ acquisition charges excluded. Despite the rising costs of medical care, we have designed and implemented a critical pathway for simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation that has stabilized hospital charges by decreasing length of stay and the number of clinical laboratory tests.
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