Dexter, Franklin http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5897-2484
Epstein, Richard H.
Article History
Received: 17 August 2018
Accepted: 29 October 2018
First Online: 12 November 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The Division of Management Consulting of the University of Iowa’s Department of Anesthesia performs the calculations described in theInternalRef removedfor hospitals and anesthesia groups. Franklin Dexter receives no funds personally other than his salary and allowable expense reimbursements from the University of Iowa, and has tenure with no incentive program. He and his family have no financial holdings in any company related to his work, other than indirectly through mutual funds for retirement. Income from the Division’s consulting work is used to fund Division research. Richard H. Epstein is president of Medical Data Applications, Ltd., which receives license fees for software used for some of the consulting activities of the Division of Management Consulting described in theInternalRef removed.
: The University of Iowa Institutional Review Board determined on April 11, 2018 that this research does not meet the regulatory definition of human subjects research.
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