Day surgery overview: Where are we now, how did we get here and where are we going?

Current Anaesthesia and Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 176-180

  Jackson, Ian ^a  

^a YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; History of day surgery; Political incentives for day surgery; Training

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 35548968377     PISSN: 09537112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cacc.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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