Physicians' perceptions of minimum time that should be saved to move a surgical case from one operating room to another: Internet-based survey of the membership of the Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors (AACD)

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 206-210

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Smith, Thomas C ^a   Tatman, David J ^a   Macario, Alex ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Operating room information systems; Operating rooms ec, or economics, organization, and administration ; Operations research; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; HEALTH CARE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 0038292156     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(03)00018-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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