A 'zero tolerance for overtime' increases surgical per case costs

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1036-1041

  Tessler, Michael J ^a   Kleiman, Simcha J ^a   Huberman, Michael M ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY;

EID: 0030666889     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03019223     Document Type: Article

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