Health care as a fixed-cost industry: Implications for delivery

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 365-371

  Taheri, Paul A ^a   Butz, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care capacity management; Health care costs; Operating room bottlenecks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK MANAGEMENT;

COST CONTROL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OPERATING ROOMS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 32044459516     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155335060501200413     Document Type: Article

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