title: Economics of preoperative evaluation clinics.
abstract: Studies continue to support that a process for screening patients prior to their planned anesthesia and surgery can optimize both the status of the patient, decreasing delays and cancellations, and optimize the use of resources, ensuring that needed testing is completed and unneeded testing is avoided.
authors.affiliation: The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Foss
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Apfelbaum