Calculating institutional support that benefits both the anesthesia group and hospital

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 544-553

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Epstein, Richard H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Medical Data Applications Ltd

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE ANESTHETIST; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 38549141589     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31815efb18     Document Type: Article

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