The concept of surgical operating list 'efficiency': A formula to describe the term

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 895-903

  Pandit, Jaideep J ^a,b   Westbury, S ^a   Pandit, M ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MILTON KEYNES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT CARE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OPERATING ROOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURGERY; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TERMINOLOGY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34547867377     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05174.x     Document Type: Article

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