Estimating the time involved in managing the 'Unoccupied Bed:' A time and motion study

Nursing Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 317-322

  Webster, Joan ^a,b   Davies, Heather ^a   Stankiewicz, Monica ^a,c   Fleming, Lesley C ^a,c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; BED OCCUPANCY; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84857983220     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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