Calculating a potential increase in hospital margin for elective surgery by changing operating room time allocations or increasing nursing staffing to permit completion of more cases: A case study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 138-142

  Dexter, F ^a   Blake, J T ^a   Penning, D H ^a   Lubarsky, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSING STAFF; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURGEON;

EID: 0036139424     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200201000-00026     Document Type: Article

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