Forecasting and perception of average and latest hours worked by on-call anesthesiologists

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1246-1252

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Epstein, Richard H ^b   Elgart, Richard L ^b   Ledolter, Johannes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL BILLING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OPERATING ROOM; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; ANESTHESIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; ANESTHESIOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPERATING ROOM INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPERATING ROOMS; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 70349566135     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181b0ffcc     Document Type: Article

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