Clinical engineering benchmarking: An analysis of American acute care hospitals

Journal of Clinical Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-37

  Wang, Binseng ^a,b   Eliason, Richard W ^a   Richards, Sonny M ^a   Hertzler, Lawrence W ^a   Koenigshof, Steve ^a  

^a ARAMARK Healthcare's   (United States)

^b Clinical Technology Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 37849019487     PISSN: 03638855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JCE.0000305843.32684.52     Document Type: Article

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