Tactical increases in operating room block time based on financial data and market growth estimates from data envelopment analysis

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 355-368

  O'Neill, Liam ^a   Dexter, Franklin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INTERNET; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VALIDITY; VASCULAR SURGERY; WORKLOAD;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DATABASES; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOM INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPERATING ROOMS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 33846432365     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000253092.04322.23     Document Type: Article

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