How do patient demographics, time-related variables, reasons for cancellation, and clinical procedures affect frequency of same-day operating room surgery cancelation? A maximum likelihood method

• Main Authors: Omar B. Da'ar (Author), Talal Al-Mutairi (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cancelation of same-day surgery is a common global problem, wasting valuable hospitals' operating room (OR) times and imposing significant economic costs. There is limited evidence to support the association between frequency of same-day surgery cancelation and patient demog...