Evaluating patient flow in the operating theater: An exploratory data analysis of length of stay components

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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Main Authors: Nader Markazi-Moghaddam, Sanaz Zargar Balaye Jame, Ehsan Tofighi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Informatics in Medicine Unlocked
Subjects:
Surgical theater
Patient flow
Length of stay
Operating room
Machine learning
Hospital
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235291482030068X

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