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8 - Influence of Operating Room Staffing and Scheduling on Operating Room Productivity

from Section 2 - Economic Considerations, Efficiency, and Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2018

By
Franklin Dexter  and
Richard H. Epstein
Edited by
Alan David Kaye ,
Richard D. Urman  and
Charles J. Fox, III
Alan David Kaye
Affiliation:
Louisiana State University
Richard D. Urman
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School
Charles J. Fox, III
Affiliation:
Louisiana State University, Shreveport
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Operating Room Leadership and Perioperative Practice Management , pp. 56 - 77
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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