Cancellation of operations on the day of intended surgery at a major Australian referral hospital

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 612-615

  Schofield, William N ^a   Rubin, George L ^a   Piza, Michael ^a   Lai, Ying Yin ^a   Sindhusake, Doungkamol ^a   Fearnside, Michael R ^b   Klineberg, Peter L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL WARD; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 21644488455     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06846.x     Document Type: Article

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