title: [Improvement of the efficiency of the treatment of gastric cancer by the standardization of the treatment plan].
abstract: Standardized treatment plan for gastric cancer was established in our department by which surgeons and nurses understood the treatment schedules of each gastric cancer patient as the common knowledge, and the cooperation of surgeons and nurses could be improved. Furthermore, the modality decreased the length of hospital stay from 35 +/- 15 days to 24 +/- 8 days, which indicated that the number of patients per one bed for one year increased from 10 to 15, and the efficiency of the treatment of gastric cancer patients 50% by our system.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kotanagi
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000592:standards*; D005382:Financing, Personal; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000191:economics / Q000601:surgery*