Decrease in case duration required to complete an additional case during regularly scheduled hours in an operating room suite: A computer simulation study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 72-76

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Macario, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ANESTHESIA; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPERATING ROOMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032900223     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199901000-00014     Document Type: Article

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