Quantifying Net Staffing Costs Due to Longer-than-average Surgical Case Durations

Anesthesiology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 403-412

  Abouleish, Amr E ^a   Dexter, Franklin ^b   Whitten, Charles W ^c   Zavaleta, Jeffery R ^c   Prough, Donald S ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOM TECHNICIANS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 1642499300     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200402000-00033     Document Type: Article

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