What does one minute of operating room time cost?

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-236

  Macario, Alex ^a,b  

^a Stanford University School of Medicine ^*

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 77953002916     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2010.02.003     Document Type: Editorial

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