Perspective: Hospital support for anesthesiology departments: Aligning incentives and improving productivity

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 348-355

  Hill, Laureen L ^a   Evers, Alex S ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84858113544     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318244c36e     Document Type: Review

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