Surgery cancelling at a teaching hospital: implications for cost management Cancelamiento de cirugías en un hospital-escuela: implicaciones para la gestión de costos Cancelamento cirúrgico em um hospital escola: implicações sobre o gerenciamento de custos

This study discusses the problem of surgery cancellation on the economic-financial perspective. It was carried out in the Surgical Center Unit of a school hospital with the objective to identify and analyze the direct costs (human resources, medications and materials) and the opportunity costs that...

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Main Authors: Márcia Galan Perroca, Marli de Carvalho Jericó, Solange Diná Facundin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2007-10-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692007000500021