Acute Surgical Unit at Auckland City Hospital: A descriptive analysis

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 588-591

  Hsee, Li ^a   Devaud, Marcelo ^a   Middelberg, Lisa ^a   Jones, Wayne ^a   Civil, Ian ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute (care) surgery; Acute surgical unit; Emergency surgery; Performance indicators

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEW ZEALAND; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; NEW ZEALAND; OPERATING ROOMS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 84865704949     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2012.06141.x     Document Type: Review

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