Redesign of a university hospital preanesthesia evaluation clinic using a queuing theory approach

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1612-1621

  Zonderland, Maartje E ^a,b   Boer, Fredrik ^a,b   Boucherie, Richard J ^b   De Roode, Annemiek ^a   Van Kleef, Jack W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUEUING THEORY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OFFICE VISITS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350741525     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181b921e7     Document Type: Article

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