Impact of an acute care surgery model with a dedicated daytime operating room on outcomes and timeliness of care in patients with biliary tract disease

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2266-2272

  Lim, David W ^a   Ozegovic, Dejan ^b   Khadaroo, Rachel G ^a   Widder, Sandy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CANADA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE DISEASE; ALBERTA; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OPERATING ROOMS; OPERATIVE TIME; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84883560416     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2118-2     Document Type: Article

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