Operating room managers' use of integer programming for assigning block time to surgical groups: A case study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 143-148

  Blake, J T ^a   Dexter, F ^a   Donald, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURGEON; TIME;

EID: 0036137436     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200201000-00027     Document Type: Article

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3. Comparison of statistical methods to predict the time to complete a series of surgical cases
4. Hospital profitability per hour of operating room time can vary among surgeons
5. Statistical analysis of weekday operating room anesthesia group staffing at nine independently managed surgical suites