Impact of acute care surgery to departmental productivity

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1027-1034

  Barnes, Stephen L ^a   Cooper, Christopher J ^a   Coughenour, Jeffrey P ^a   MacIntyre, Allan D ^a   Kessel, James W ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care surgery; Productivity; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CARE SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPARTMENTAL PRODUCTIVITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; JOB SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SURGERY; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 80054042658     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182307146     Document Type: Article

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