Estimating the duration of common elective operations: implications for operating list management.
Over-running operating lists are known to be a common cause of cancellation of operations on the day of surgery. We investigated whether lists were overbooked because surgeons were optimistic in their estimates of the time that operations would take to complete. We used a questionnaire to assess the...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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