How do strategic decisions and operative practices affect operating room productivity?

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 370-382

  Peltokorpi, Antti ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Operating room management; Performance improvement; Production planning and control; Productivity; Surgical services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FINLAND; GERMANY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FINLAND; GERMANY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; OPERATING ROOMS; PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81955162984     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-011-9173-8     Document Type: Article

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