Monitoring changes in individual surgeon's workloads using anesthesia data

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 571-577

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Masursky, Danielle ^b   Ledolter, Johannes ^c   Wachtel, Ruth E ^a   Smallman, Bettina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84864557314     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-012-9693-9     Document Type: Article

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