Reducing start time delays in operating rooms

Journal of Quality Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-109

  Does, Ronald J M M ^a   Vermaat, Thus M B ^a   Verver, John P S ^b   Bisgaard, Søren ^a,c   Van Jaap Heuvel, D E N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Box cox transformation; Health care quality; Lean six sigma; Pareto charts

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SURGERY; TIME DELAY;

BOX COX TRANSFORMATION; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; LEAN SIX SIGMA; PARETO CHARTS; PLANNING AND SCHEDULING; STATISTICAL GRAPHICS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION;

OPERATING ROOMS;

EID: 62949144787     PISSN: 00224065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224065.2009.11917763     Document Type: Article

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