The limited value of sequencing cases based on their probability of cancellation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 749-756

  Tung, Avery ^a   Dexter, Franklin ^b   Jakubczyk, Sharon ^a   Glick, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; EDUCATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDUCATION; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; OPERATING ROOMS; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77956417028     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181e661e8     Document Type: Article

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