Quality and resource utilization in managing preoperative evaluation

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 155-175

  Maurer, Walter G ^a   Borkowski, Raymond G ^a   Parker, Brian M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 1942454383     PISSN: 08898537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atc.2003.12.001     Document Type: Review

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