Anesthesia preoperative medicine clinic: Beyond surgery cancellations [5]

Anesthesiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 224-225

  Qiu, Chunyuan ^a   MacVay, Mark A ^b   Sanchez, Antonio F ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANESTHESIA; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 33746902774     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200607000-00039     Document Type: Letter

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