Modeling and Management of Variation in the Operating Rooms Helps to Improve Patient Outcome

• Authors: Pieter Stepaniak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 84
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 63-69

Dates

published

1 - 2 - 2012

online

9 - 4 - 2012

Contributors

author

Pieter Stepaniak

• Department of General Endocrine and Transplant Surgery, Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Medical University in Gdansk

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10035-012-0010-7