Increased efficiency of endocrine procedures performed in an ambulatory operating room

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 200-203

  Clark, Nicholas ^a   Schneider, David F ^a   Vrabec, Sara ^a   Bauer, Philip S ^a   Chen, Herbert ^a   Sippel, Rebecca S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory procedure; Operating room efficiency; Outpatient operating room; Parathyroidectomy; Process measures; Resource utilization; Thyroidectomy; Turnover time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY SURGERY; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS SCORE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84884674335     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.04.038     Document Type: Article

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