Abstract：Objective To evaluate the implementation effect of clinical pathways of 10 diseases in a tertiary hospital in Guangxi. Methods Ten diseases of new clinical pathways from January to June 2018 were selected, and the cases within the previous year of the implementation of clinical pathway were put into the control group, and the cases within one year after the implementation of the clinical pathway were put into the pathway group.The hospitalization days, hospitalization expenses, and disease outcomes of the two groups were compared. Results Totally 1 133 cases were included in the pathway group and 914 cases were included in the control group. The hospitalization days, total expenses and drug proportion in the pathway group were smaller than those in the control group, and the treatment efficiency in the pathway group was higher than that in the control group,with the differences statistically significant (P<0.05). Some indexes of diseases did not achieve the expected effects after the clinical pathway was implemented. The hospitalization days and drug proportion in the pathway group of cerebral ischemic diseases were higher than those in the control group, the total expenses of the pathway group of the phimosis day surgery were larger than that of the control group, the drug proportion of the pathway group of the craniocerebral injury and ureteral stent was higher than that of the control group, the material proportion of the pathway group of schizophrenia and cervical masses day surgery was larger than that of the control group,and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion The hospital has achieved certain results in implementing the clinical pathway, but some problems still need to be improved. The hospital can take targeted improvement measures to improve the relevant processes of the clinical pathway.
