Use of operating room information system data to predict the impact of reducing turnover times on staffing costs

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1119-1126

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Abouleish, Amr E ^b   Epstein, Richard H ^d   Whitten, Charles W ^c   Lubarsky, David A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SURGICAL WARD;

EID: 0141792958     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000082520.68800.79     Document Type: Article

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