Open AccessAn audit of operating theatre utilisation and day-of-surgery cancellations at a regional hospital in the Durban metropole
Author(s) -
I I Asmal,
K Keerath,
L Cronjé
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2019.v109i10.13815
Subject(s) - medicine , operating theatres , changeover , audit , operating theater , emergency surgery , general surgery , elective surgery , surgery , medical emergency , emergency medicine , management , electrical engineering , transmission (telecommunications) , engineering , economics
Operating theatres account for a significant proportion of hospital costs. There is a paucity of data evaluating utilisation of South African (SA) state operating theatres.
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