Sequencing cases in the operating room: Predicting whether one surgical case will last longer than another

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 975-979

  Dexter, Franklin ^b   Traub, Rodney D ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR SURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0034025724     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200004000-00037     Document Type: Article

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