Staffing and case scheduling for anesthesia in geographically dispersed locations outside of operating rooms

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-458

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Macario, Alex ^b   Cowen, Daniel S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Management: anesthesia group; Operating room; Operations research; Scheduling; Staffing

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; CALCULATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL STAFF; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING;

EID: 33745930531     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000236149.90988.7f     Document Type: Review

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