Improving operating room efficiency: A sisyphean task?

Problems in Anesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 373-394

  Prough, Donald S ^a   Jenkins, Dana ^a   Yancy, Verna ^a   Duncan, Roger ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; LEADERSHIP; LENGTH OF STAY; MOTIVATION; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031771113     PISSN: 08894698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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