Variability in surgical caseload and access to intensive care services

Anesthesiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1491-1496

  McManus, Michael L ^a,b   Long, Michael C ^b,c,d   Cooper, Abbot ^g   Mandell, James ^a   Berwick, Donald M ^g   Pagano, Marcello ^f   Litvak, Eugene ^e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g Harvard School of Public Health ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SURGERY;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0037767101     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200306000-00029     Document Type: Article

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