Retrospective Analysis on Clinical Pathway Literatures

Abstract

AbstractObjective. To consult related documents, retrospectively study related research literature regarding the implementation of clinical pathway in China, and obtain knowledge of the status quo of clinical pathway application and the trend of its development in China. Method. Using the full-text databases of the China National Knowledge Infrastructure-China Hospital Knowledge Database (CHKD) periodicals as the data source, 1996–2010 as the time period and clinical pathway as the retrieval method to search for the literature data; performing analysis and research by processing data with Excel software, and using the literature metrology method, process analysis and retrospective research method. The Chinese literatures regarding clinical pathway between 1996 and 2010 are counted in terms of the distribution of basic research, application research and development research, respectively. Result. A total of 1,172 documents of clinical pathway research from 1996 to 2010 are obtained, and it is noted that th...