The preoperative assessment clinic: Organization and goals

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 133-138

  Bader, Angela M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesiologists; Forma! system; Preoperative evaluation

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LABORATORY TEST; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 0032772189     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6532(98)00062-6     Document Type: Review

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