Analysis of interventions influencing or reducing patient waiting while stratifying by surgical procedure

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 950-957

  Ledolter, Johannes ^a   Dexter, Franklin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WAITING ROOM;

EID: 79953192484     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31820dcb79     Document Type: Article

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