Inclusion of turnover time does not influence identification of surgical services that over- and underutilize allocated block time

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 813-818

  Abouleish, Amr E ^a   Hensley, Sharon L ^b   Zornow, Mark H ^a   Prough, Donald S ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b John Sealy Hospital and John Sealy Annex   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL SERVICE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; TIME; TURNOVER TIME;

EID: 0037373143     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000049690.93361.8B     Document Type: Article

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