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Surgical specialty and preoperative medical consultation based on commercial health insurance claims

BACKGROUND: Surgical patients are sometimes referred for preoperative evaluations by consultants in other medical specialties, although consultations are unnecessary for many patients, particularly for healthy patients undergoing low-risk surgeries. Surgical specialty has been shown to predict usage...

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Autores principales: Thilen, Stephan R., Woersching, Alex L., Cornea, Anda M., Lowy, Elliott, Weaver, Edward M., Treggiari, Miriam M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5935907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29755736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13741-018-0089-4