A strategy for deciding operating room assignments for second-shift anesthetists

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 920-924

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Macario, Alex ^c   O'Neill, Liam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK SCHEDULE;

ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOM INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPERATING ROOMS; PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; TIME FACTORS; TIME MANAGEMENT; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0032881313     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199910000-00019     Document Type: Article

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