Working with capacity limitations: Operations management in critical care

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Terwiesch, Christian ^a   KC, Diwas ^b   Kahn, Jeremy M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; INDUSTRY; INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

CRITICAL CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84856821094     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10217     Document Type: Article

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