Estimating the duration of a case when the surgeon has not recently scheduled the procedure at the surgical suite

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1241-1245

  Macario, Alex ^a,c   Dexter, Franklin ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

EID: 0032759879     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199911000-00030     Document Type: Article

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