Validity and usefulness of a method to monitor surgical services' average bias in scheduled case durations

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 935-939

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Macario, Alex ^b   Epstein, Richard H ^c   Ledolter, Johannes ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL AUDIT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; SURGEON; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKLOAD;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPERATING ROOMS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 28044440385     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03022054     Document Type: Article

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