Sampling error can significantly affect measured hospital financial performance of surgeons and resulting operating room time allocations

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 184-188

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Lubarsky, David A ^a   Blake, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION MAKING; ERROR; HOSPITAL FINANCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SAMPLING; SURGEON; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0036295031     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200207000-00032     Document Type: Article

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