A method of predicting workload and staffing level for radiotherapy treatment planning as plan complexity changes

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 359-363

  Holmberg, Ola ^a,b   McClean, B ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Radiotherapy complexity; Staffing level; Treatment planning; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0042412059     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0936-6555(03)00159-6     Document Type: Article

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