Lack of value of scheduling processes to move cases from a heavily used main campus to other facilities within a health care system

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 395-401

  Sulecki, Louise ^a   Dexter, Franklin ^b   Zura, Andrew ^a   Saager, Leif ^a   Epstein, Richard H ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; OPERATING ROOM INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPERATING ROOMS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84864405103     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182575e05     Document Type: Article

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