The anesthesiologist-directed perioperative surgical home: A great idea that will succeed only if it is embraced by hospital administrators and surgeons

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 896-897

  Butterworth, John F ^a   Green, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIST; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COST CONTROL; EDITORIAL; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; MEDICAL FEE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84902203614     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000217     Document Type: Editorial

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