Impact of Reducing Turnover Times on Staffing Costs [4]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 872-

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAFF; TURNOVER TIME;

EID: 1342309762     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000107000.12376.1f     Document Type: Letter

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