Activity-based differentiation of pathologists' workload in surgical pathology

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 454, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 623-628

  Meijer, G A ^a   Oudejans, J J ^a   Koevoets, J J M ^a   Meijer, C J L M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Cost; Pathology; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE PREPARATION; WORKLOAD;

HUMANS; PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 67649117865     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-009-0768-0     Document Type: Article

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