How operating room efficiency is understood in a surgical team: a qualitative study

Erebouni Arakelian, Lena Gunningberg, Johanna Larsson

International Journal for Quality in Health Care · 2010 · 43 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

Objective. Building surgical teams is one attempt to ensure the health-care system becomes more efficient, but how is 'efficiency' understood or interpreted? The aim was to study how organized surgical team members and their leaders understood operating room efficiency.

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