How to schedule elective surgical cases into specific operating rooms to maximize the efficiency of use of operating room time

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 933-942

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Traub, Rodney D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURGEON;

EID: 0036210422     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200204000-00030     Document Type: Article

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