Figure 2. Outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Data points represent the proportion of patients going home on the day of surgery, with error bars signifying 95% confidence intervals. “Pre-pathway” refers to patients who received care before clinical pathway implementation (n = 208). “Transition” refers to patients who received care during the 3-month adjustment period immediately after pathway implementation (n = 43). “Post-pathway (Months 1–6)” refers to the first 6 months of the pathway after the transition period (n = 99). “Post-pathway (Months 7–9)” refers to the group of patients receiving care during months 7 through 9 after the transition period (n = 35). A significantly higher proportion of patients receiving care during postpathway months 1 to 9 had a “true” outpatient procedure compared with prepathway patients (P < .001).