Evaluating patient flow in the operating theater: An exploratory data analysis of length of stay components
Background: Inefficient scheduling increases the length of stay in an operating theater and the risk of adverse health outcomes for surgical patients, and can cause resource allocation mismatch. We conducted this study to explore the time intervals associated with the operating theater of a general...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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Series: | Informatics in Medicine Unlocked |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235291482030068X |