Deciding whether your hospital can apply clinical trial results of strategies to increase productivity by reducing anesthesia and turnover times

Anesthesiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-228

  Dexter, Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SURGEON; TIME;

EID: 23044474424     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200508000-00004     Document Type: Editorial

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