Cost conscious care: preoperative evaluation by a cardiologist prior to low-risk procedures

BACKGROUND: Preoperative testing before low-risk procedures remains overutilised. Few studies have looked at factors leading to increased testing. We hypothesised that consultation to a cardiologist prior to a low-risk procedure leads to increased cardiac testing. METHODS AND RESULTS: 907 consecutiv...

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Autores principales: Coffman, Joseph, Tran, Thanh, Quast, Troy, Berlowitz, Michael S, Chae, Sanders H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6567947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31259281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000481

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6567947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31259281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000481

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