Measuring the value of process improvement initiatives in a preoperative assessment center using time-driven activity-based costing

Healthcare

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 136-142

  French, Katy E ^a   Albright, Heidi W ^a   Frenzel, John C ^a   Incalcaterra, James R ^a   Rubio, Augustin C ^a   Jones, Jessica F ^a   Feeley, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Costs of care; Performance improvement; Preoperative assessment; Quality; TDABC

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84890143210     PISSN: 22130764     EISSN: 22130772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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