Anesthesia workload nationally during regular workdays and weekends

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1600-1603

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Dutton, Richard P ^b   Kordylewski, Hubert ^b   Epstein, Richard H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b American Society of Anesthesiologists   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; TIME; TRENDS;

ANESTHESIA; HUMANS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84947133088     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000773     Document Type: Article

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