Surgeon contribution to hospital bottom line: Not all are created equal

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 242, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 530-539

  Resnick, Andrew S ^a   Corrigan, Diane ^b   Mullen, James L ^a   Kaiser, Larry R ^a,c,c   Polk Jr , Hiram C ^c   Greenfield, Lazar J ^c   Shemin, Richard J ^c   Pellegrini, Carlos A ^c   Sicard, Gregorio A ^c   Gewertz, Bruce L ^c   Munoz, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c 4 Silverstein Pavilion ^*

Author keywords

Hospital financial data; Hospital margin; Operating room productivity; Relative value units; Surgeon contribution to hospital margin; Surgeon productivity

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; MANAGED CARE; MARKET; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MODEL; OPERATING ROOM; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFIT; SURGEON; SURGERY; THORAX SURGERY;

BENCHMARKING; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 26444559603     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000184693.61680.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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