How to release allocated operating room time to increase efficiency: Predicting which surgical service will have the most underutilized operating room time

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 507-512

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Traub, Rodney D ^b   Macario, Alex ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; SURGERY;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; OPERATING ROOMS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0037302833     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200302000-00038     Document Type: Article

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