Relative value guide basic units in operating room scheduling to ensure compliance with anesthesia group policies for surgical procedures performed at each anesthetizing location

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 120-123

  Dexter, F ^a   Thompson, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance program; Operating room management; Relative value guides

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OPERATING ROOM;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; HUMANS; IOWA; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035051009     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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