Use of linear programming to estimate impact of changes in a hospital's operating room time allocation on perioperative variable costs

Anesthesiology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 718-724

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Blake, John T ^b   Penning, Donald H ^c,d   Sloan, Brian ^e   Chung, Patricia ^c   Lubarsky, David A ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ACCOUNTING; ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; OPERATING ROOMS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PROGRAMMING, LINEAR; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0036187017     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200203000-00031     Document Type: Article

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