Improving surgical service utilization: An application of program budgeting and marginal analysis

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-44

  Spenceley, Shannon ^a   Halma, Lisa ^a  

^a Lethbridge Regional Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Outpatient surgery; Resource allocation; Surgical services utilization

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CANADA; EXPERT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 0037112223     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6532(02)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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