Utilization rates and turnover times as indicators of or workflow efficiency;Auslastung und Wechselzeit als kennzahlen der op-effizienz

Anaesthesist

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1058-1066

  Schuster, M ^a,b   Wicha, L L ^b   Fiege, M ^b   Goetz, A E ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

OR economics; OR efficiency; Turnover time; Utilization rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL WARD; TURNOVER TIME; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 35848940315     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00101-007-1236-3     Document Type: Article

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