Using an anesthesia information management system as a cost containment tool: Description and validation

Anesthesiology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1161-1169

  Lubarsky, David A ^a,c   Sanderson, Iain C ^a   Gilbert, William C ^a   King, Kathryn P ^a   Ginsberg, Brian ^a   Dear, Guy De L ^a   Coleman, Robert L ^a   Pafford, Thomas D ^a   Reves, J G ^a,b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, costs; Economics, drugs; Equipment, computers; information systems; Records, anesthesia: automated; Statistics, costs

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; DRUG COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL BILLING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0030945844     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199705000-00020     Document Type: Article

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