Maximizing operating room and recovery room capacity in an era of constrained resources

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-395

  Sokal, Suzanne M ^a   Craft, David L ^a   Chang, Yuchiao ^a   Sandberg, Warren S ^a,b   Berger, David L ^a,b   Quinlan, Robert ^c   Warshaw, Andrew ^c   Donahoe, Patricia ^c   Hendren, W Hardy ^c   Kenney, Pardon ^c   Butsch, David ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Worcester MA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGEON; TURNOVER TIME; WORK;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPERATING ROOMS; RECOVERY ROOM; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33645882519     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.141.4.389     Document Type: Article

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