Development of efficiency indicators of operating room management for multi-institutional comparisons

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 335-341

  Tanaka, Masayuki ^a   Lee, Jason ^a   Ikai, Hiroshi ^a   Imanaka, Yuichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

administrative data; assessment of performance; efficiency indicators; improvement; multi institutional comparison; operating room management

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SURGEON; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL CHARGES; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; OPERATING ROOMS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84874951124     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2012.01829.x     Document Type: Article

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