Outcomes and quality assurance for ambulatory anesthesia

Problems in Anesthesia

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-128

  Fried, Elie ^a   Twersky, Rebecca S ^a,b  

^a University Hospital of Brooklyn   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0032935124     PISSN: 08894698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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