Hospital profitability per hour of operating room time can vary among surgeons

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 669-675

  Macario, Alex ^a   Dexter, Franklin ^b   Traub, Rodney D ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0034872566     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200109000-00028     Document Type: Article

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