Re-engineering the elective surgical service of a tertiary hospital: A historical controlled trial

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 247-251

  Caplan, Gideon A ^a,b   Brown, Ann ^a,b   Crowe, Philip J ^a,c   Yap, Su Jen ^a   Noble, Shaune ^d,e  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Post Acute Care Services

^c Department of Surgery ^*

^d S W Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

^e Health Services Development Unit

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032494115     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb140247.x     Document Type: Article

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