Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to H C Crain.
The purpose of this article is to describe and justify the use of a tool to assist faculty who want to submit a major extramural grant application. Full-support and limited-support research resource services are described.
In today's health care environment, it is imperative to evaluate planned changes within a health care system. We report the outcomes of a study on the effectiveness of a pneumonia clinical pathway. Important elements of effectiveness studies are discussed and used in presenting study findings. These findings are a preliminary demonstration that clinical pathways can improve patient and process outcomes. Their relation to financial outcomes is less clear.