Economic, educational, and policy perspectives on the preincision operating room period

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 919-921

  Dexter, Franklin ^a,b   Wachtel, Ruth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA RELEASE TIME; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33750047231     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000240236.66105.A9     Document Type: Editorial

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