Delays in the operating room: Signs of an imperfect system

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-195

  Wong, Janice ^a   Khu, Kathleen Joy ^a   Kaderali, Zul ^a   Bernstein, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPERATING ROOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953162298     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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