What sample sizes are required for pooling surgical case durations among facilities to decrease the incidence of procedures with little historical data?

Anesthesiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1230-1236

  Dexter, Franklin ^a,b,c,d   Traub, Rodney D ^a,b,c,d   Fleisher, Lee A ^a,b,c,d   Rock, Peter ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0036233935     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200205000-00028     Document Type: Article

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