Status quo and current trends of operating room management in Germany

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-200

  Baumgart, André ^a   Schüpfer, Guido ^b   Welker, Andreas ^c   Bender, Hans Joachim ^a   Schleppers, Alexander ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c DR HORST SCHMIDT KLINIKEN   (Germany)

^d German Professional Association of German Anaesthesiologists   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis related group; Operating room management; Performance indicators

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST CONTROL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATING ROOM; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; GERMANY; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 77952219600     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328336b8b4     Document Type: Review

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