Reduction of anesthesia process times after the introduction of an internal transfer pricing system for anesthesia services

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 187-194

  Schuster, Martin ^a   Standl, Thomas ^a   Reissmann, Hajo ^a   Kuntz, Ludwig ^b   Schulte Am Esch, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EXTUBATION; EYE SURGERY; FACE SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; OPERATING ROOM; ORAL SURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; REIMBURSEMENT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TIME; TRAUMATOLOGY; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RECOVERY ROOM;

EID: 20744445001     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000154187.47998.60     Document Type: Article

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