Reducing cancelations on the day of scheduled surgery at a children's hospital

Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2015, Pages e1292-e1299

  Pratap, Jayant Nick ^a   Varughese, Anna M ^a   Mercurio, Patti ^b   Lynch, Terri ^b   Lonnemann, Teresa ^b   Ellis, Andrea ^b   Rugg, John ^b   Stone, W Ray ^b   Bedinghaus, Cindi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DAY OF SURGERY CANCELATION; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT PLANNING; CHILD; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHILD; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84929497533     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-2418     Document Type: Article

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