Application of a similarity index to state discharge abstract data to identify opportunities for growth of surgical and anesthesia practices

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1157-1170

  Wachtel, Ruth E ^a   Dexter, Elisabeth U ^b   Dexter, Franklin ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Division of Management Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IOWA; NEW YORK; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 34247511437     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000260335.08877.3e     Document Type: Article

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