Examining the discharge practices of surgeons at a large medical center

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 338-347

  Anderson, David ^a   Price, Carter ^b   Golden, Bruce ^a   Jank, Wolfgang ^a   Wasil, Edward ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete time survival analysis; Healthcare operations; Hospital length of stay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURGERY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81955163029     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-011-9167-6     Document Type: Article

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