Day surgery in Finland: A prospective cohort study of 14 day-surgery units

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 455-463

  Mattila, K ^a   Hynynen, M ^a  

^a JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 63149133309     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01895.x     Document Type: Article

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