title: Cost-effective preoperative evaluation and testing.
abstract: Cost-effective preoperative evaluation can be approached from a variety of methods, educational strategies, and use of data to modify clinical practice. This article focuses on the proposed organizational and clinical changes in the process of preoperative evaluations, the cost-effective outcomes, and the relative merits these changes provide the physicians, operating room nurses, and center administrators.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Hospital, CA 94305, USA. fischer_s@hosp.stanford.edu
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000191:economics*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000191:economics*; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative