Opportunity cost of unavailable surgical instruments in Australian hospitals
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01/12/2014
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Hospitals invest considerable resources organizing operating suites and having surgeons and theatre staff available on an agreed schedule. A common impediment to efficiency is perioperative delay,including delays getting to the operating room or during the operation. Perioperative delays entail significant costs for hospitals,wasting staff time and operating theatre resources. They may also affect patient outcomes; prolonged surgery is a predictor for unanticipated admission following elective ambulatory surgery... |
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Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/79379/3/79379a.pdf DOI:10.1111/ans.12822 Halton, Kate, Graves, Nicholas, & Hall, Lisa (2014) Opportunity cost of unavailable surgical instruments in Australian hospitals. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 84(12), pp. 905-906. |
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Copyright 2014 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons This is the accepted version of the following article: Halton, K., Graves, N. and Hall, L. (2014), Opportunity cost of unavailable surgical instruments in Australian hospitals. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 84: 905–906. doi: 10.1111/ans.12822, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ans.12822/abstract |
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Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Public Health & Social Work |
Palavras-Chave | #110323 Surgery #111706 Epidemiology #140208 Health Economics #instrument tracking #peri-operative delay #cost-effectiveness |
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Journal Article |