Resource utilization after implementing a hospital-wide standardized feeding tube placement pathway

Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Volume 51, Issue 10, 1674 - 1679.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2016.05.012.

IOM implemented a patient flow model as part of a hospital-wide standardized pathway for feeding device placement. This study compares hospital resource utilization before and after pathway implementation. Prior to implementation, 174/298 (58.4%) patients required additional hospital resource utilization compared to 60/143 (42.0%), corresponding to a 38% reduced risk of a subsequent feeding tube related event.