Statistical method for predicting when patients should be ready on the day of surgery

Anesthesiology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1107-1114

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Traub, Rodney D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Operating room management; Operating room scheduling; Perioperative scheduling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033779846     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200010000-00036     Document Type: Article

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