Operating room utilization alone is not an accurate metric for the allocation of operating room block time to individual surgeons with low caseloads

Anesthesiology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1243-1249

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Macario, Alex ^b   Traub, Rodney D ^c   Lubarsky, David A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURGEON; WORKLOAD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURGERY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037408367     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200305000-00029     Document Type: Article

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