Open AccessReducing elective general surgery cancellations at a Canadian hospital
Author(s) -
Solmaz Azari-Rad,
Alanna L. Yontef,
Dionne M. Aleman,
David R. Urbach
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1488-2310
pISSN - 0008-428X
DOI - 10.1503/cjs.018411
Subject(s) - medicine , general surgery , medline , surgery , political science , law
In Canadian hospitals, which are typically financed by global annual budgets, overuse of operating rooms is a financial risk that is frequently managed by cancelling elective surgical procedures. It is uncertain how different scheduling rules affect the rate of elective surgery cancellations.
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