Scheduling surgical cases into overflow block time - Computer simulation of the effects of scheduling strategies on operating room labor costs

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 980-988

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Macario, Alex ^b   O'Neill, Liam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST CONTROL; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MAJOR SURGERY; MEDICAL STAFF; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0034124368     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200004000-00038     Document Type: Article

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