Priority assessment of patients for elective general surgery: Game on?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 143-145

  MacCormick, Andrew D ^a   Tan, Chuan P ^a   Parry, Bryan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Elective general surgery; Gaming; Prioritization; Visual analogue scale; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

GAME THEORY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 1842612372     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-1433.2003.02911.x     Document Type: Article

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