title: Critical pathway and patient and family teaching protocol for major depression.
abstract: The pressures to contain cost, reduce resource consumption, and articulate outcomes will continue in psychiatric-mental health care. Case management and critical pathways focused on outcome management are systems and tools used to provide care in a cost-effective manner while maintaining the quality of patient care.
authors.affiliation: Tampa General Healthcare, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000451:nursing*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D009737:Nursing Records; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing