The role of clinical pathways on healthcare quality improvement in hospitals for patient undergoing total hip replacement

Abstract

This article should be cited as follows: Štrbac S, Rakić S, Aleksić VA, Škrbić R. The role of clinical pathways on healthcare quality improvement in hospitals for patient undergoing total hip replacement. Scr Med 2020;51(2):87-92. Abstract Background: Clinical pathways are important tools to achieve better quality of care and to reduce the costs for healthcare system. The total hip replacement (THR) is among the most expensive procedures in health system and the number of these operations has greatly increased in the past decade in the Republic of Srpska.