Causes of cancellations on the day of surgery at two major university hospitals

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-180

  Seim, Andreas R ^a   Fagerhaug, Tom ^b   Ryen, Sveinung M ^b   Curran, Paige ^a,c   Sæther, Ola D ^b,d   Myhre, Hans O ^b,d   Sandberg, Warren ^e,f  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Department of Production and Quality Engineering ^*  (Norway)

^c SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancellations; Cancellations on day of surgery; Causes of cancellations; Economics; Hospital capacity; Operating room management; Preoperative care management optimization; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCELLATION ON THE DAY OF SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTERVIEW; NORWAY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NORWAY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649598633     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350609335035     Document Type: Article

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