Design of appointment systems for preanesthesia evaluation clinics to minimize patient waiting times: A review of computer simulation and patient survey studies

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 925-931

  Dexter, Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIST; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032881315     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199910000-00020     Document Type: Review

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